1. Collection and Administration
Transfusion Quiz
Collection and Administration

2. Informed verbal consent
Q1. Prior to an adult patient with capacity receiving a transfusion what type of consent should be obtained?
Informed verbal consent
Written consent
Consent by next of kin
No consent required

3. Q2. The documentation used to collect blood from the blood fridge should contain
Surname, First Name, DOB, Gender and component required
First Name, DOB, and Hospital Number
First Name, Surname, DOB, Hospital Number and component required
First Name, Surname, DOB, Address and ward

4. Q3. What should a patient always be wearing when receiving a blood transfusion?
Pyjamas
Hat
Slippers
Identity Wristband

5. Q4. If a Doctor asks you over the phone to prescribe 2 units of blood what would you do?
Give the blood and get it prescribed when the Doctor comes
Prescribe the blood
Prescribe the blood and get the Doctor to sign it later on
Say No and wait for the Doctor to prescribe

6. Q5. Before collecting blood what should you ensure the patient has?
The patient has a cannula in
The patient has had a bed bath
The patient has had their breakfast
The patient has patent IV access

7. Q6. Who can collect blood from the blood fridge?
Any member of staff
The Patient’s relative
A member of staff who had had training and been found competent
A member of staff who has had training

8. Q7. After removal from the blood fridge a transfusion should begin within?
1 Hour
30 Minutes
4 Hours
2 Hours

9. Q8. Which blood group can be used in an emergency?
O Negative
A Negative
B Positive
AB Negative

10. Q9. Who is allowed to prescribe blood?
Medical Staff, Registered Nurses and Midwifes
Medical Staff Only
Any Registered Member of Staff
Consultants Only

11. Q10. What is the maximum time for a blood transfusion to be completed?
3 Hours from removal from fridge
2 Hours from removal from fridge
6 Hours from removal from fridge
4 Hours from removal from fridge

12. Q11. Blood Warmers may be required in what situation?
For all patients receiving a transfusion
For patients who are transfused overnight
For rapid/large volume transfusions
For day case patients only

13. Q12. The expiry date on a unit of blood means
The unit is safe for the day after the date
That the units must be given by midday that day
The unit must be completed by midnight of that date
The unit must start by midnight of that date

14. Q13. During checking the blood you notice the patients DOB on the label attached to the unit of blood does not match with the patients verbal response or their wristband, what do you do?
Transfuse the unit and inform the blood bank later
Transfuse the unit as all other ID matches
Do not transfuse and contact the blood bank for advice immediately
Do not transfuse and discard the unit in clinical waste

15. Q14. Where should the final checking procedure take place?
Clinical room
Patients bedside
Nurses Station
At the notes trolley

16. Pulse and Temperature only BP, Pulse and Temperature
Q15. What observations need to be recorded on a patient receiving a transfusion?
BP and pulse only
Temperature only
Pulse and Temperature only
BP, Pulse and Temperature

17. Q16. If a minor transfusion reaction is suspected what should you do?
Stop the transfusion and inform medical staff
Leave the transfusion running
Keep the transfusion running and inform medical staff
Stop the transfusion and take down

18. Q17. What drugs can be added to a unit of blood?
Diuretics
Anit-histamines
Antibiotics
None