A patient complains about the taste of the sublingual nitroglycerin and admits that he swallows it rather than holding it under his tongue. What should the nurse teach the patient about sublingual medications?

Pathogen reduction inactivates viruses, bacteria, and parasites to reduce the risk of transfusing transmissible infectious agents by preventing replication. Red Blood Cells, Plasma  and Platelets are not affected by such treatments because

a 73-lb female is donating a 500-mL autologous unit for her surgery in two weeks. How much anticoagulant must be removed from the primary container?

The nurse is preparing to palpate a client’s abdomen as part of the abdominal assessment/data collection. The patient is complaining of pain in the right upper quadrant. Which abdominal quadrant will the nurse palpate last? Refer to the figure.

Cryopreserved Red Blood Cells are thawed with a method that __________

A donor weights 92 lbs is donating an autologous unit.  How much blood can be collected? (show work and include units)

Treatment for a ______________ occurring during a donor collection, are: stop the phlebotomy, place the donor in a recumbent position, apply cold wet towels to neck/shoulders, and loosen clothing.

In the Donor Identification Number  “W0362 21 408868”  what do the bolded underlined numbers stand for?

An autologous blood donor must:

In manufacturing, all current methods for separation into the three major blood components (rbc, plt, plasma) rely on _________________.