Transfusion Quiz

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Transfusion Quiz

• Laboratory Staff

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Q1. Name 3 patient identifiers that must be on
sample taken for Transfusion?
Surname, Hospital Number/NHS Number and age
Name, ward and gender
Name, DOB and Hospital Number/NHS Number
Name, Address and DOB
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Q2. If blood is transferred with a patient from
another hospital how should it be processed when
it is received at your hospital?
Check to see if it is safe to use and inform
referring hospital
Keep the blood in the box until it is needed
As it has not been used while the patient is
being transferred
Take it to theatre or ward and use the blood for
the patient
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Q3. Who can prescribe blood for a patient?
Nurse
ODP
Porter
Doctor
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Q4. Which is the most common blood group?
AB
O
A
B
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Q5. Before a blood transfusion can begin, it
should not be out of the fridge for longer than?
1 Hour
30 Minutes
4 Hours
2 Hours
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Q6. What does GMP mean?
Great Medical Practice
General Medical Progress
Great Manufacturing Potential
Good Manufacturing Practice
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Q7. For an Anaemia Transfusion how many units
should you take to the ward?
All units crossmatched
Three
One
Two
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Q8. What does CMV stand for?
Chronic Myeloid Virus
Cytomegalovirus
Common Mumps Virus
Cold Malaria Virus
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Q9. At what temperature should platelets be
stored (continual agitation) and transported?
10 12 centigrade
2 - 4 centigrade
36 38 centigrade
20 24 centigrade
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Q10. Who should receive Methylene Blue treated
Fresh Frozen Plasma?
Pregnant women
All adults
All children under 16
Orthopaedic patients
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Q11. Who can collect blood from the blood fridge?
The patients relative
Any member of staff
A member of staff who has had training and been
found competent
A member of staff who has had training
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Q12. Which patient would you not give anti-D to?
Rh negative mother with immune anti-D post
delivery
Rh negative patient post delivery of Rh positive
infant
Rh negative patient post receiving Rh positive
platelets
Rh negative patient post abdominal trauma during
pregnancy
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Q13. Which patient should receive FFP?
DIC patient having major bleed
Reversal of heparin therapy
Reversal of Warfarin therapy
Low platelets
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Q14. When should you issue uncrossmatch group O
Rhesus negative blood?
When the blood is required urgently with
insufficient time to group the patient
When a patient is being transferred to another
ward/hospital
When the ward have forgotten to request a
crossmatch
When the patient has antibodies
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Q15. For how many years does a laboratory have to
maintain traceability records?
5 years
30 years
1 year
Indefinitely
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Q16. A patient on Warfarin needs urgent surgery
within 2 hours, which product should be used?
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate
Fresh Frozen Plasma
Heparin
Platelets
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Q17. After thawing FFP, how long can you store it
at 4C?
1 Hour
30 Minutes
4 Hours
24 Hours
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Q18. Methylene Blue Treated Fresh Frozen Plasma
should be used within how many hours if stored at
room temperature?
1 Hour
30 Minutes
24 Hours
4 Hours
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Q19. What is the cost of a unit of platelets (1
adult therapuetic dose)
232.29
32.69
406.33
134.27
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Q20. What does BBT stand for?
Burst bags of blood
Better blood transfusion
Before blood transfusion
Best blood treatment
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Q21. Once thawed, how should a unit of
cryoprecipitate be stored?
In fridge at 4oc for up to 4 hours
Should not be stored after thawing
Room temperature for up to 4 hours
In fridge at 4oc for 24 hours