Blood Donation Camp-What you should know

Blood Donation Camp-What you should know TERUMO PENPOL LIMITED

Blood Donation Facts • Blood Donation is the simplest easiest and noblest deed • You save a human life by giving your blood • There is not substitute for Human Blood • Blood Donation is absolutely safe • Only disposable kits are being used for each donor • It takes 15 to 20 minutes to donate blood

Blood Donation Facts • Our task is to provide safe and sustainable blood to all the needy patients • We can ensure this by arranging regular donations from voluntary donors • The WHO and other such organizations have shown that regular donors are safe donors • Your blood is less likely to be a source of risk to the recipients • It is the support of regular donors like you that help us to maintain a safe blood supply

Blood Donation Camp-Requirements from your side • Suitable date, venue and number of donors expected • Well lit, well ventilated, spacious area for registration and medical check up, bleeding and refreshment • Sufficient cots (or Tables) bleeding tables with chairs to each bed • Waste boxes under each bed • Tables and chairs for registration, medical check up and extra chairs for waiting donors • Clean drinking water with disposable cups in camp area and refreshment are • Volunteers to help with registration and refreshments

What we do –Arrangements and facilities from our side • Identifying and fixing up of Blood Donation Camps • Providing Motivation and Motivational Material • Fixing the Hospital (depending on the number of donors as well as the need/demand storing capacity of hospital blood bank • Coordinating between donor organization and hospital blood bank • Conducting camp • Maintaining donor Lists and details and reference donor files

Duties Of The Hospital Blood Bank Team • Conducting the bleeding at the camp in an efficient manner • Attendance at the camp with sufficient bleeding personnel ,complete equipment, • Only Disposable Blood Bags and Syringes will be used • All the donors will be tested medically and if found fit will be allowed to donate blood • Blood Bank will insure Donor Insurance Card to voluntary donors so in case of Blood requirement they could use this card • Attending to any post donation problem of the voluntary donor • Providing required diet for Donors

The First Step For Blood Donation • The confidential donor health questionnaire must be completed before giving blood • It is the mutual interest of the donor and the recipient that the donor be absolutely honest in answering these questions

Criteria for Blood Donation-Conditions for Donation of Blood • No person shall donate blood and no blood banks shall draw blood from a person more than once in three months • The donor shall not be less than 45 kilograms • Temperature and pulse of the donor shall be normal • The Systolic and diastolic blood pressure are within normal limits without medication • Hemoglobin which shall not be less than 12,5 gns/hundred ml • The Donor shall be free from acute respiratory disease • The Donor shall be free from skin diseases at the site of phlebotomy • The Donor shall be free from any disease transmissible by blood transfusion ,in so far as can be determined by history and examination indicated above • The arms and forearms of the Donor shall be free from skin puncture • The donor shall take food prior to donation

Temporary deferment of Blood Donation • Abortions - 6 months • History of Blood Transfusion-6 months • Surgery-12 months • Typhoid- 12 months • History of Malaria-3 months • Tattoo-6 months • Breast feeding-12 months • Immunization,Cholera,Typhoid-15 Days • Rabies Vaccination-1 year after vaccine • History of Hepatitis in family or close contact-12 months • Immunoglobulin-12 months

Permanent Deferral • Cancer • Heart Disease • Abnormal bleeding tendencies • Unexplained Weight loss • Diabetes controlled on insulin • Hepatitis B Infection • Chronic nephritis • Signs and symptoms suggestive of AIDS • Liver Disease • Tuberculosis

Permanent Deferral-continued • Polycythemia Vera • Asthma • Epilepsy • Leprosy • Schizophrenia • Endocrine Disorders

Blood Donation is safe • Blood Banks use sterile needles and disposable material to ensure maximum safety during donation • The Blood Transfusion officer will discuss the questionnaire with you and general physical examination will be performed • Your Blood pressure will be tested .If it is abnormally high or low you will be deferred from donation and advised accordingly

Blood Donation is safe-continued • A “Finger Prick Test” will determine your hemoglobin level. Should you be unable to donate because of low hemoglobin level, there is no reason to panic .In order to protect the donors from becoming anemic, we set the levels of the test slightly than normal. You will be advised accordingly • The same of blood is drawn each time -450 ml • You will be served some basic refreshments after the donation

Post Donation Instructions • Take in extra liquids (At least 6 glasses of non alcoholic Beverages) within the first few hours of donation • If you feel dizzy lie down or sit with your head on your knees. • Keep the dressing on your arm dry and in place for 6-8 hours after the donation • If the needle site starts bleeding again raise your straight up and apply some pressure until the bleeding stops • Do not attempt any heavy exercise or lift heavy objects on the day of donation • It is advisable to reduce your load of strenuous exercise/sporting activities for 24 hours after the donation • If you are worried about bruising ,discoloration or pain in the arm where the needle was inserted please do contact the Blood Transfusion officer of concerned Blood Bank

Blood Tests conducted after Blood Donation • Blood Grouping and RH Typing • HIV • Hepatitis B • Hepatitis C • Malaria • Syphilis

Attention Please • You will not be contacted if your results are negative • Your test results will remain confidential • Your test results will not be given telephonically • If your results are positive it will be notified individually. This will be done in complete confidence

Blood Facts • Blood is composed of a fluid portion called plasma • The different kinds of blood cells include White Blood Cells that protect against disease and infection • Platelets that help form Blood Clots when bleeding occurs • Red Blood Cells that transport oxygen from the lungs to all other cells in the body and return carbon dioxide to the lungs

Blood Groups • There are a number of blood group classification systems • The most common and significant one is the ABO and RH Blood Group System • The Blood Banks classify the blood donations based on the blood groups and match the donor and recipient blood correctly by “Compatibility Testing “ before the transfusion

What happens to my blood after donation • After collection the blood bank tests and groups all the blood before it is issued. • Each unit of Blood is processed and labeled and the components stored appropriately in the storage units provided. • Sufficient care is taken to document all the activities to ensure that the labeling on the blood banks match with all the other related documents of the blood bank • Two Blood Specimens are taken at each donation and sent for the blood group confirmation and the infectious diseases screening laboratory

Blood Component Separation • A single donation can help a number of patients • Modern transfusion practice does not include transportation of whole blood • The patient receives appropriate doses of the required component –Plasma, Red Cells, Platelets or Cryoprecipitate • This help the Blood Bank to use every single donation as effectively as possible

Safe Blood Donation • If you have decided to donate blood to help save someone’s life ,it is absolutely essential that you understand the importance of safe blood donation • A safe blood supply depends not only on testing but also on donations from healthy volunteers and careful screening of the donors by means of a questionnaire • All donors must meet certain requirements before donating blood • For this reason we ask a number of questions about your health and personal behavior ,which may have exposed you to diseases such as Hepatitis and HIV

Risk Behavior you should tell • Sex with more than partner • Casual Sex • Knowledge that your sexual partner has other sexual partners • Sex with commercial sex workers or sex for gain • Sexually Transmitted Infections • Illegal drugs by nose mouth or injection • Male to male sex • Tattoo, body piercing or sexual assault • In any of the above situations you will still be deferred as a blood donor. If any of the above questions apply to you or your sexual partner you may not be able to donate blood

Window Period • There is a period of time after a viral infection has been acquired when the virus is present in the blood but cannot be detected through conventional testing methods like the Elisa. • This is known as the ‘Window Period” of Infection • Blood donated during the window period will infect potential recipients with viruses though the blood has been cleared for transfusion • Therefore we urge you to answer all the questions about your lifestyle and risk behavior as honestly and completely as possible • This is the best way by which you can help the blood bank provide safe blood to the patients. • Remember safe blood starts with you

Range of Services rendered • Kerala State AIDS Control Society offer the facility for counseling and testing for HIV/AIDS to any persons who has been at risk of acquiring the infection • If you are concerned that you might have been infected please do not donate blood and someone’s life in danger • All public health centers provide the facility for free confidential counseling and make referrals for further follow up and Management

Blood Donation Camp-What you should know