Nur Miza Aqilah Binti

Haya Tasnim Binti

Mohd Khairil F itri
R afidi

Nabilah Hazirah Binti P utri Iriesha S ofea Mohd S haiful

S yahiduddin
Contents

1. The importance of blood donation

2. Criteria that qualifies a person to donate
their blood
3. Issues related to blood donation
4. Methods of management of donated blood
in terms of storage
 1.
The importance of
Blood Donation
The Importance of Blood Donation
 In this era of globalization, most medical treatments depend on a constant supply of
donor blood because 1/7 of people who enter a hospital need blood.
 Adequate amounts of blood are needed in all health care facilities to meet the needs of
patients undergoing trauma and other life -saving procedures, such as blood transfusions
- which save millions of lives each year
 E very two seconds of every day, someone needs blood. has a limited lifespan, its supply
must always be replenished by generous blood donors
 Blood cannot be produced by humans. Although we have state-of the-art technology

*deep in thoughts*
 P revents
hemochromatosis

R educes S timulates red

cholesterol blood cell
levels in the production
blood
Benefits of donating
blood

R educes the
risk of heart R educes the risk
disease of cancer
 Examples of patients who may
need blood

P atients Mothers P eople

C ancer experiencing
with labor
involved in
P atients complications accidents
anemia
 2.
Criteria that qualifies a
person to donate their
blood
 No health Last donation 3
problems months ago S leep a
minimum of
5 hours

Criteria that qualifies a

person to donate their
Weight 45kg A Healthy
and above body
blood
Have to
F or female donors consume some
they should not be; food before
pregnant, donating
menstruating, or
breastfeeding
 Criteria that qualifies a person to
donate their blood

Not e nga ge in a ny high ris k a c tivitie s a s Do not donate if you:

follows: • Have lived in United Kindom (E ngland, Northern,
Ireland, S cotland, Wales, Isle of Man or C hannel
a.S ame -sex relationships (homosexual). Is land) or the R epublic of Ireland from 1980 to
1996 for a period of 6 months (cumulative) or
b. G e nde r re la tions hip with both s e x e s more.
(bisexual)
• Ha ve lived in E urope from 1980 to now for a
c. S ex with commercial sex workers. period of 5 years (accumulated) or more.
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d.E xchanging sex partners. 8s

e.Taking drugs by injection.

f.B ecome a partner of the type to the above

group.
 3.
Issues related to blood
donation
Issues related to
blood donation

How the
pandemic
impacted the
blood
supplies Blood
Donation
Myths
Blood Donation Myths
"Donating blood can cause weight gain or turn"
Donating blood has no effect on weight. S ome argue that the process of donating blood uses a lot of
energy. Therefore, they need to consume more food to replenish energy and blood

"Donating blood can get infectious diseases"

S ome argue that infectious diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis B and others can be transmitted through
blood donation. These diseases are transmitted through the use of the same needle by various
blood donors

"Donated blood can be stored for a long time"

S ome even thought that donated blood could be stored forever and obtained when needed.
Therefore, blood donation can be done once in a while
"Donating blood takes a long time"
Donating blood consists of 4 simple steps, namely, registration, screening and health examination, blood
collection and rest. A blood donation session takes less than an hour except for apheresis type donations
which will take one hour 30 minutes

"Blood donation will make my body weak"

A healthy adult has an average of 4.7 liters of blood. The volume of blood taken for each donation is
approximately 350 - 450 ml, which is 7.5 - 9.5% of the total blood volume. The frequency of blood
donation is once every 3 months. This period is enough for the body to produce new red blood cells

“There are many blood donors in Malaysia. Why do I need to donate

blood? ”
According to a local newspaper report4, about 2.5% of the total population in Malaysia are blood donors.
This figure is much lower than the international standard, which is 5%. The small group of blood donors
will be declining due to increasing age and other factors, if there is no greater involvement from the
community.
How the pandemic impacted the blood
supplies
• The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unpredictable effect on blood donation and blood collection,
namely disruption of blood supply and demand.

• In the past, donors have responded well to community requests to donate in much -needed
situations.
• P reliminary evidence suggests that Asian countries and the rest of the world have
experienced an early decline in blood donations, despite centers implementing
additional security measures and appealing to the public to encourage continued
giving
• The country's blood supply is expected to decline to a critical level if the blood stock at
the National Blood Center (P DN) and the Blood Bank continues to decline during the
COVID-19 transmission period.

• Currently, the supply of blood types A, B and O is detected to be declining, thus

demanding drastic action to be taken to overcome the problem of lack of supply.
 4.
Methods of management of
donated blood in terms of
storage
Methods of management of donated blood in terms of
storage

• Bags containing blood in good condition, i.e. no sign of leakage

• The blood bag must be affixed with a label containing donation information such as
donation number, blood group, date and time the blood was donated

• Blood volume is in the prescribed range. F or example, for a 450ml blood bag, only a range
of blood volume in the range of 405 ml - 495 ml of blood will be processed and blood
components provided.

• Blood storage temperature must be between 20 ° C - 24 ° C from donation until received at

the blood component processing laboratory

• The duration of blood collection must be less than 12 minutes. The collection period starts
from the blood being drained from the blood donor into the blood bag until the blood bag is
full
P repared by Miza