Introduction: Study

What is a Blood Bank?

The blood bank serves as the main source of blood needed for the operations done in the hospital. It is capable of accepting blood donations, platelet donations and storing the bloods that they gathered in the donation. Blood bank is also capable of performing tests with the blood they collected. It is a blood service facility responsible for donor screening and selection, blood collection, testing, preparation, handling, storage, release, and dispatch of all its blood products.

What does Blood Bank do?

How does Donors transacts to the Blood Bank?

The daily transactions done in the blood bank are the following:

1. Donors can go to the office of the blood bank.
2. Then they will be ask of what type of blood donation he will do.
3. There are three types of donation: Voluntary, Replacement and Pre-deposit.

• Voluntary is the common way of donating blood where you are just going to donate blood;
• Pre-deposit is done by taking your blood which will be reserved for your next operation (usually done for surgery); and
• Replacement is done by extracting your blood and will be reserved for someone you have brought.

4. Donors will undergo to the first phase of the donation, namely, the Medical Exam.

• Donors are required to answer a questionnaire which will be crucial in every step because if there is an unacceptable answer/s, you will no longer be allowed to donate (minimum of three (3) days).

5. If succeeded, the donor will then proceed to the Physical Exam.

• In this phase, the results will determine the body weight, blood pressure, pulse rate etc. of the donor.

6. After passing the Physical Exam, the donor will now be referred to the Initial Screening.

• Blood sample will be taken from the donor which will be used to determine the donor's Platelet and White Blood Cell count, Hemoglobin and the Hematocrit.

7. After passing the Initial Screening, blood extraction will begin and will be put to quarantine where in the Serological Screening will begin.

• In Serological Screening, the machine will examine the donor's blood for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C (HCV), Syphilis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and Malaria.

8. If the donor passed the blood will now be stored to the blood storage, else, the donor will be charged for the screening.