Donor

Handbook
Ziauddin University Bloodline
June 2013

Important Information

Welcome to the Ziauddin University Bloodline!

Thank you for signing up to join our donor list. There is always a shortage of blood in the Ziauddin Hospital Clifton and we hope with this steady maintained influx of blood we can counteract this problem. So, Smile! Youre about to be a part of a change!

Here is what you, our donor, will need to know:

1. Once you have signed up, you will receive an email from us with your DATE of donation. Everyone is assigned a date 3 months after they last donated blood. This will continue to be cyclic. Please make sure you go to the LAB on that day and donate. If for some reason you cannot go to the blood-bank on the date specified please inform us and we will accommodate. 2. You need to tell the blood-bank that you are a ZU-Bloodline Donor. You will get a ZU-Bloodline Receipt. Keep this safe! 3. Please text the Bloodline with your receipt number and name so we can maintain our logs. You will be told where to hand in your receipt to get your coupon for food! 4. Our representatives will issue you a donor card, and give you a badge so that you can proudly be a ZU-Bloodline Donor! 5. As our system will be an ongoing database, you will be assigned another date at least 3 months from the last time you donated.

Donating blood is extremely healthy; so do make it a habit. Your blood may make the difference between life and death for a patient! Each pint of blood can save up to 3 lives! Please read through the criteria on the following pages. If you have gotten ill and are taking antibiotics or any other criteria that rules you out for your current date, please let us know so we can move it forward. Also let us know if you are travelling or wont be in town for the date. We will accommodate you!

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Blood Donation Eligibility Criteria

The donor screening process is one of the most important steps in protecting the safety of the blood supply. It functions to identify elements of the donors medical history that may put a person at risk for transmissible disease, and to make sure that the donated blood does not go to waste. It is therefore essential that proper guidelines and procedures be followed to make the donor screening process effective.

Blood Donation Eligibility Criteria

1. Acceptable donor history; interval of three months between whole blood (standard) donations is required 2. Age between 18 and 55 years 3. Physical Parameters: a. Haemoglobin: b. Hematocrit: c. Blood pressure: i. Systolic: ii. Diastolic: d. Temperature: e. Pulse: f. Weight: between 100 - 180mmHg between 50 - 100mmHg less than or equal to 37.5C 50 - 100 beats per minute greater than or equal to 50kg greater than or equal to 12.5g/dL between 37 - 45%

4. Healthy general appearance and temperament a. Temporarily defer donor if: i. The donor looks ill OR ii. Is under the influence of alcohol or drugs OR iii. Is excessively nervous

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Blood Donation Eligibility Criteria

5. Specific Conditions a. Allergy (stuffy nose, itchy eyes, dry cough): i. Accept as long as donor feels well, no fever, no problems breathing through mouth. b. Anaemia: i. See 3.a. Haemoglobin. c. Antibiotics: i. Wait 2 days after taking antibiotics for an infection. ii. Accept persons taking antibiotics to prevent an infection; e.g. following dental procedure, for acne, etc. iii. Those with a temperature above 37.5C may not donate until fever has passed. d. Asthma: i. Accept if no difficulty breathing at the time of donation. e. Cancer: i. Accept if the cancer was treated with only surgery or radiation, and it has been at least 5 years since treatment was completed with no cancer recurrence. ii. Those cancers treated with chemotherapy or immunotherapy, or who had leukaemia or lymphoma, are not eligible to donate. iii. Low risk cancers including squamous or basal cell carcinomas of the skin do not require a 5-year waiting period. f. High Cholesterol: i. Accept persons with high cholesterol, with or without medications, and those on medications to lower cholesterol. g. Cold, Flu, Sore Throat: i. Wait if you have a fever or productive cough. ii. Wait 2 days after completing antibiotic treatment for sinus, throat or lung infection.
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h. Dental Procedures:

i. Accept after teeth cleaning, scaling, root canal, fillings and tooth extractions if no infection present. ii. Wait 3 days after oral surgery, or after treatment for a buccal abscess or infection. i. Diabetes: i. Accept 2 weeks after starting or changing the dosage of insulin. j. Heart Disease: i. Accept persons with heart disease as long as they have no restrictions on their physical activities, take no medications for heart disease other than aspirin, and have no heartrelated symptoms e.g. chest pain. ii. Accept persons with history of angina as long as they have no symptoms of the day of donation, no restrictions on their activity and take no medications for heart disease other than aspirin. iii. Wait at least 6 months following a heart attack. iv. Wait at least 6 months following bypass surgery or angioplasty. v. Accept persons with pacemakers as long as their pulse is acceptable (See: 3.e. Pulse) with a small number of irregular beats. vi. Accept those with heart murmurs as long as they have no symptoms on the day of donation, no restrictions on their physical activity and are not taking any medications for heart disease other than antibiotics to prevent infection. k. Hepatitis/Jaundice: i. Persons who have had hepatitis caused by a virus, or unexplained jaundice, since age 11 are not eligible to donate blood. ii. Accept persons who had jaundice or hepatitis due to something other than a viral infection e.g. medications, bile duct obstruction, alcohol, gallstones, liver trauma.

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iii. Persons tested positive for Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C are not eligible to donate, even if they were never sick or jaundiced from the condition. l. HIV (AIDS virus) Infection and Exposure: i. If you have any reason to believe you may carry HIV, do not donate blood; you could seriously harm a patient. ii. Those who are at increased risk for HIV should not donate blood: 1. If you have ever used a needle, even once, to take drugs or steroids that were not prescribed by a physician - you are at increased risk for becoming infected with HIV. m. Immunization/Vaccination: i. Accept those who were recently vaccinated for influenza or tetanus, providing donor is symptom-free and fever-free. ii. Wait 4 weeks following immunization for Rubella, MMR and Chicken Pox. iii. Wait 2 weeks after immunization for Red Measles, Mumps, Polio (oral preparation), Small Pox and Yellow Fever. iv. Wait 7 days after immunization against Hepatitis B. n. Infectious Mononucleosis: i. Accept those with infectious mononucleosis (mono) once the infection has subsided, as long as the person did not have hepatitis. o. Malaria: i. Wait for 3 years after completing treatment for malaria. p. Medications: i. In almost all cases, medications do not disqualify a person as a blood donor. The person's eligibility is based on the reason that the medication was prescribed. As long as the condition is under control and the person is healthy, blood donation is usually permitted. There are just a few selected drugs that are potentially toxic if given to a patient through

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transfusion; persons on these medications have waiting periods before donating: 1. Wait 3 years from the last dose of Soriatane (acitretin). 2. Wait 4 weeks after taking Accutane (isoretinoin) Proscar (finasteride), Propecia (finasteride), methotrexate 3. Persons who have ever taken Tegison (etretinate) are not eligible to donate blood. 4. Wait 3 months after taking Arava (leflunomide). 5. Wait 5 days after taking coumadin. q. Pregnancy: i. Pregnant persons are not eligible to donate. ii. Wait 6 weeks after delivery or miscarriage. Accept mothers who are nursing. r. Surgery: i. Accept those who have had surgery recently as long as the wound is healed, stitches are dissolved or removed and the underlying condition is acceptable in a blood donor. ii. Wait 48 hours after having stitches or staples for lacerations. s. Syphilis/Gonorrhea/Sexually Transmitted Infections: i. Wait 12 months after being treated for syphilis, gonorrhea or other STIs. t. Tattoo: i. Wait 12 months after a tattoo.

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