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Anticoagulant used for essentially all transfusable blood components today is ______
Anticoagulant used for essentially all transfusable blood components today is ______
citrate
The anticoagulant used for essentially all transfusable blood components today is ______, which chelates ionized calcium in donor blood
The anticoagulant used for essentially all transfusable blood components today is ______, which chelates ionized calcium in donor blood
citrate
CPDA-1 is CPD supplemented with ______
CPDA-1 is CPD supplemented with ______
adenine
The addition of adenine allows the red cells to maintain the adenine nucleotide ______
The addition of adenine allows the red cells to maintain the adenine nucleotide ______
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The shelf life of RBC concentrates in CPDA-1 is ______ days
The shelf life of RBC concentrates in CPDA-1 is ______ days
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What is the primary safeguard for blood donation to protect both the donor and the recipient?
What is the primary safeguard for blood donation to protect both the donor and the recipient?
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Which medical condition might be associated with an adverse event following blood donation?
Which medical condition might be associated with an adverse event following blood donation?
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What is measured during the limited physical examination performed by blood collectors?
What is measured during the limited physical examination performed by blood collectors?
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What is the ideal status of pregnancy in relation to blood donation?
What is the ideal status of pregnancy in relation to blood donation?
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What is an important consideration for maintaining the safety of donated blood?
What is an important consideration for maintaining the safety of donated blood?
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Blood donation should ideally be accompanied by financial incentives to encourage more donors.
Blood donation should ideally be accompanied by financial incentives to encourage more donors.
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Donors with a history of medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, poorly controlled epilepsy, and unstable cardiopulmonary disease are generally not suitable for blood donation.
Donors with a history of medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, poorly controlled epilepsy, and unstable cardiopulmonary disease are generally not suitable for blood donation.
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Pregnancy usually excludes a donor from blood donation.
Pregnancy usually excludes a donor from blood donation.
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Healthy athletes may be granted variances for pulse and blood pressure values during the physical examination for blood donation.
Healthy athletes may be granted variances for pulse and blood pressure values during the physical examination for blood donation.
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Donor tracing and notification are only conducted when instances of disease transmission are detected after blood donation.
Donor tracing and notification are only conducted when instances of disease transmission are detected after blood donation.
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