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The KQLA Tool outlines the updated Blood Donor Selection and Counseling Manual, emphasizing the importance of donor safety and blood quality. It details eligibility criteria, including health conditions, hemoglobin levels, and waiting periods between donations, as well as the significance of pre-donation counseling and confidentiality. Trainees are encouraged to apply these guidelines in their practices to ensure safe blood donation processes.

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KQLA Tool

The KQLA Tool outlines the updated Blood Donor Selection and Counseling Manual, emphasizing the importance of donor safety and blood quality. It details eligibility criteria, including health conditions, hemoglobin levels, and waiting periods between donations, as well as the significance of pre-donation counseling and confidentiality. Trainees are encouraged to apply these guidelines in their practices to ensure safe blood donation processes.

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KQLA Tool

On Blood Donor Selection and Counseling Manual

Trainee: MEAH LOU A. JAYUMA


Office/Unit: MUNICIPAL HEALTH OFFICE OF CATEEL, DAVAO
ORIENTAL

Q (What Your Questions A (How You Will Apply


K (What You Know) L (What You Learned)
Are) What You Learned)
What are the new I will follow the updated
Blood donation is The manual has updated
changes in the Blood selection guidelines to
important for saving rules to improve donor
Donor Selection and make sure donors are
lives. safety and blood quality.
Counseling Manual? eligible.

What are the medical Some conditions like


I will carefully check
Donors must be in good conditions that can HIV, hepatitis, and heart
donor medical histories
health before donating. permanently defer a disease can permanently
before approving them.
donor? disqualify a donor.

There are age and What is the minimum Hemoglobin must be at I will check hemoglobin
weight requirements for hemoglobin level least 125g/L for females levels before allowing
blood donation. needed to donate? and 130g/L for males. donors to donate.
Donors should not How long should a Whole blood donors I will educate donors
donate too often to stay donor wait before must wait 8 weeks about proper donation
healthy. donating blood again? between donations. intervals.
Some medications can What medications can Some antibiotics and
I will check medications
prevent people from lead to temporary or blood thinners can
when screening donors.
donating. permanent deferral? cause deferrals.
How long should a It depends on the
Blood donors should not I will explain vaccine
person wait after a vaccine. For example,
have recent infections deferrals clearly to
vaccination before smallpox requires 56
or vaccinations. potential donors.
donating? days.
Donors must be
What should be covered I will provide clear and
Counseling helps donors informed about risks,
in pre-donation honest pre-donation
understand the process. benefits, and blood
counseling? counseling to all donors.
safety.
How are donors They receive I will follow proper
Blood tests ensure
informed if they test confidential post- procedures for notifying
donated blood is safe.
positive for a disease? donation counseling. and counseling donors.
How can we protect I will handle donor
Confidentiality is Personal information
donor privacy during information with care
important in blood and test results must be
screening and and follow
donation. kept secret.
counseling? confidentiality rules.

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