Philippine Red Cross Internship Notes
Name of facility: Philippine Red Cross Western Visayas
Regional Blood Center
BLOOD SERVICES
1. Donor recruitment
2. 2. Donor screening
3. Blood collection
4. Blood component preparation
5. Blood testing
6. Blood storage and distribution
BLOOD STORAGE
STORAGE FACILITY TEMPERATURE RANGE
Blood storage area + 20 - 24 degrees Celcius
Blood bank refrigerator
(WB and PRBC)
+ 2 - 6 degrees
Blood bank freezer (Cryo
and FFP)
- 30 to -50 degrees
Platelet agitator (Plt rich
and Plt concentrate)
+ 20 - 24 degrees Celcius
Ice box/Blood transport + 10 degrees
INDICATORS
1. Facility
2. Serial number
3. ABO blood type
4. RH
5. Volume
6. Component
7. Collection Date
8. Expiration Date
9. Serology result
10. Transfusion instruction
11. Storage
** Swirling is an indication of discoid amount or healthy
platelets
PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS
+ 2 to +6 degrees C
230 - 330 ml
Grading:
o(1+) - very light swirling
o(2+) – light
o(3+) moderate
o(4+) - heavy
The 2+ and 4+ grading are accepted
Platelet count and leukocyte
pH associated with swirling 6.2 - 7.4
Purpose of RBC in tube: FOR CROSSMATCHING
Hemoglobin: > 45 g/L Hematocrit: <80%
WHOLE BLOOD
468 to 558 ml
63 CPD A1
Hemoglobin: > 45g/L Hematocrit: >38%
PLATELET CONCENTRATE
50 to 70 ml
5 day expiry
+20 to +24 degrees C with continuous agitation
FRESH FROZEN PLASMA
150 to 250 ml
1 year expiry
-30 degrees C and below
Low levels of blood proteins (coagulation factors)
<eg: immunoglobulin>
Replacement of coagulation factors in cases of
factor deficiency <eg. Hemophilia>
Antidote to warfarin toxicity
Replacement of immunoglobulins in cases
immunodeficiency
Higher levels of Factor V and factor VIII
CRYOPRECIPITATE FROM FFP
30 ml
** Red Blood cell transfusion: each unit of packed RBC will
raise your Hgb by 1 g/dL and Hct by 3% <rule of three? ;
restores oxygen carrying capacity
PLATELETS
Important role in clotting and hemostasis
1 unit (6 pack) = 50 mL (increased plts by 50,000)
Uses:
-Thrombocytopenia: <50K (surg/LP)
-Emergent surgery: plt inhibitor (replace
inactive plts)
-Massive transfusion Protocol
CRYOPRECIPITATE
-centrifuge plasma (called precipitate)
-it contains: FIBRINOGEN, FACTOR VIII <used
when deficient>, VWF, XIII, FIBRONECTIN
- primarily used for fibrinogen levels
-1 UNIT= 15-20 ml 10 UNITS= 150-200 ml
-Goal: stop bleeding
SEROLOGY-EVOLIS MACHINE
Station for predilution plates and tip racks:
predilution: Pre dilution station and disposable tip
racks
Station for samples and reagents: Sample racks
Dispenser arm
Station for microplate loading and transport:
microplate transport and microplate dispense area
Station for wash buffer and washer
Incubators and photometers
PRINCIPLE OF EIA (Enzyme Immunoassay)
HIV p24 antigen and antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2
in human serum or plasma
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
Is a virus inducing infectious disease characterized
by strongly depressed immunity.
HBsAg - in the serum or plasma indicates an
infection caused by Hep B virus
It is the first marker to appear and may be observed
2 or 3 weeks before clinical and biological
symptoms of the disease.
Hepatitis C virus - is recognized as being the main
cause of non-A and non-B viral hepatitis. HCV
infection is characterized by an acute and chronic
form that may lead to cirrhosis and hepatocellular
carcinoma.
Causative agent of Syphilis - Treponema pallidum
subsp. pallidum