Doner Selection: Criteria For Blood Donation

CRITERIA FOR BLOOD DONATION DONER SELECTION INFORMATION PAMPHLET
1. Age: Between 18 – 65 years

Donor Selection is based on the above ON
2. Sex: Both sexes. Females should not donate
mentioned points and on a limited physical BLOOOD-DONATION
during menstruation. Pregnant ladies should be
examination and a medical history that will
deferred from donating blood.
determine whether giving of blood will harm
3. Weight :Both sexes above 45Kg.
the donor or transfusion of the unit will harm
4. Hemoglobin: should be with in normal limit
the recipient. Careful donor selection
(12.5-16 gm/dl)
contributes vitally to the safety of both donor
5. Blood pressure: systolic pressure should be 90-
and recipient.
120 mm of Hg and diastolic pressure should be
60-80 mm of Hg.
6. Surgical procedures: Donors who have
undergone operation should be deferred for at
least 6 months
7. Interval : A Minimum of 90days interval
should be there from one donation to next
donation.
8. Health Status: Should be free from AIDS,
Syphilis, malaria, Filarial, Malignant, Renal
disease, Viral hepatitis, Epilepsy and bleeding
disorders.
MANMOHAN VYAS
M.SC NURSING 2nd YEAR
GOVT COLLEGE OF NURSING
MDM HOSPITAL CAMPUS
again. Due to this, the American Red Cross
advises that people can give whole blood every 56
COMMON MYTHS REGARDING
days.
BLOOD DONATION
 Donating blood can make you sick  You cannot donate if you have high blood
WHAT IS BLOOD
pressure DONATION ?
Anyone who is healthy before donating blood will
This is not always true. As long as someone has Blood donation is the donation of
not become less healthy afterward. Although
systolic blood pressure lower than 180 mm Hg and whole blood or its components
doctors recommend that people rest for a day and
diastolic blood pressure lower than 100 mm Hg, such as blood cells and plasma
drink fluids after donating, the health of these
they can donate blood. from one person to another
individuals is not in jeopardy.Within an estimated
48 hours of donating, an individual’s blood volume  Enough people already donate blood person.
WHAT ARE THE TYPE OF BLOOD
returns to normal. Sadly, this is not true. As blood has a limited shelf GROUP ?
life, maintaining adequate supplies is an ongoing Human blood is classified in to four main
 Giving blood is time consuming
challenge groups A, B, AB and O. There are two
Although registration and processing can take
varying amounts of time, the procedure of donating
major blood grouping systems ABO
HOW TO DO BLOOD
blood only takes about 8–10 minutes. TRANSFUSION? system (Blood group A, B, AB and O) and
 You might contract an infection if I give blood During a blood transfusion, a healthcare Rhesus system (Rh positive and Rh
All of the needles we use are new, sterile, and only professional will place a small needle into the negative) based upon the types of antigen
used once, so there is no chance of catching a present in the red blood cells as well as the
vein, usually in the arm or hand. The blood
bloodborne infection from donating blood.”
 If I receive a transfusion, I might get an then moves from a bag, through a rubber tube, type of antibodies present in the plasma.
infection and into the person's vein through the needle.
PHYSIOLOGY OF BLOOD
People can contract an infection from a blood
They will carefully monitor vital signs There is about 5.6 litres of blood in an
transfusion if the blood is infected. [However,] this
throughout the procedure adult body. The blood is composed of
is very rare because the blood is rigorously
plasma and blood cells (white Blood cells,
screened for a number of viruses and bacteria. HOW CAN BLOOD BE STORED?
 Donating blood is painful
red cells and platelets) Each Millilitre of
Red cells are stored in refrigerators at 6ºC for
some pain as the needle goes in, but it is relatively blood contains 4 to 5 million red blood
up to 42 days. Platelets are stored at room cells 4000 to 11,000 white blood cells 1. 5
mild and short-lived.
 You can only give blood once each year temperature in agitators for up to five days. to 4 lakhs of platelets. White blood cells
This is not true. Once blood cells have replenished, Plasma and cryo are frozen and stored in
destroy the germs which invade the body
which takes up to 8 weeks, it is safe to donate blood and have a life of 7 hours. Red blood cells
freezers for up to one year

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CRITERIA FOR BLOOD DONATION DONER SELECTION INFORMATION PAMPHLET

1. Age: Between 18 – 65 years

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