Question

Write the precautions which need to be taken during blood transfusion.

Answer 1

Answer:

Common precautions that has to be taken at the time of Blood Transfusion.

Explanation:

Here we are not going to discuss in details what blood transfusion refers to and how this process is performed by health experts and nursing staff. But we are more concerned about the general precautions that have to be taken when performing Blood Transfusion.

There are certain set of guidelines that are expected to be followed. These guidelines should be adhered and followed to maintain safety of the patient and procedure.

During this process the blood that has to be transfused from one person to another has to be tested and checked.

A simple set of questionnaire are provided to the donor of the blood. During this session, the details of past history related to the donor are checked. So if the donor of the blood holds history related to contagious or infectious diseases then the blood of such donor is avoided.

Any such person who holds bad medical record in the past is not allowed to act as the donor.

It is also important to check if the donor of the Blood as perfect level of hemoglobin. The blood hemoglobin and other details are also verified by the health experts before proceeding for transfusion.

Most important part is that the blood sample collected has to be checked and examined for serious diseases and infections like HIV, STD and Hepititis.

The blood sample also has to be perfectly matched in Group with the recipient of the Blood. In case the blood group does not match then the transfusion is never administered. During this time the perfect count and percentage of antigens in the blood are also checked.

Apart from this it is also important to follow hygienic procedure during the process of blood transfusion. This is to avoid infections from taking place of blood getting infected at the time of transfusion. The patient’s blood pressure, heart beat rate and blood cell counts are also monitored before and during transfusion procedure.

Answer 2

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• It is necessary to match the type of blood of the donor and recipient. The antigens and antibodies present in blood act against each other when the blood of opposite antigen bis transfused into the body of person. The antibodies of person act against the antigen and cause clumping of blood. It lead to infections or even death. Thus, the transfusion must be done by matching the types of blood of the donor and recipient.