Blood Donation in Nursing

General

• Code: 278-190308
• Semester: 3rd
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: Special Background
• Teaching and exams language: Greek
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Theory (2)
• ECTS Units: 2
• Course homepage: https://moodle.teithe.gr/course/index.php?categoryid=196
• Instructors: Koukourikos Konstantinos
• Class Schedule:
  • Wed 08:00 - 10:00: Αίθουσα 1

Course Contents

• General principles of blood donation, organisation of blood donation (premises – equipment – staffing).
• Blood – blood components (blood elements, plasma).
• Immunohaematology – blood groups (erythrocyte membrane – antigens).
• ABO -Rhesus system – other antigenic systems (e.g. Kell).
• Direct and indirect Coombs test, crossmatch test (blood application form, samples, blood groups and bag selection), HLA histocompatibility.
• Selecting donors, attracting and retaining volunteer donors. (donor selection, pre-donation laboratory testing, donor history, donor exclusion (permanent, temporary), donor categories (volunteer, relative, autologous), ways to attract and retain volunteer donors).
• Collection of blood for donation. Technique of blood collection. Venipuncture. Reactions and immediate actions. Actions before, during and after blood collection, antisepsis, marking of bags, accompanying tubes, handling of bags before, during and after blood collection, mobile blood collection teams, complications of blood collection (local, generalised), prevention and management of immediate side effects. Blood removal (therapeutic or not).
• Production and preservation of blood factors (whole blood, concentrated red blood cells, plasma, platelets, preservation).
• Indications, adverse effects of transfusion, transfusion-transmitted diseases, autologοus transfusion.
• Blood diseases.

Educational Goals

The aim of the module is for students to understand the work of the hospital’s blood donation services and to become familiar with the laboratory tests and newer techniques used in the blood donation departments. Students will understand the concept of blood donation (blood donation, volunteering), the department and its standard laboratory procedures (blood collection). They will also gain knowledge about blood transfusion, its processing and the preparation of derivatives (concentrated red blood cells, leucocytes, plasma, platelets), preservation and conservation of blood and its derivatives. Upon successful completion of the theory, students will be familiar with blood group systems, as well as their antigens and antibodies, and will understand the direct and indirect complications of blood transfusions and hemolytic disease of the newborn. In addition, they will enhance their knowledge of transfusion-transmitted diseases (mode of transmission, control, prevention) and emerging (due to climatic and other changes) diseases that in the near future may threaten the safety of transfused blood and its derivatives (West Nile virus, malaria, etc.). Finally, they will be introduced to the concept of blood vigilance.

General Skills

• Putting knowledge into practice.
• Working independently.
• Team work.
• Working in an interdisciplinary environment.
• Decision-making.
• Adapting to new situations.
• Criticism and self-criticism.
• Promoting free, creative and deductive thinking.
• Generating new research ideas.
• Respect for difference and multiculturalism.

Teaching Methods

• Lecture (face to face).
• Writing a paper – exercise.
• Study visit.

Use of ICT means

• Use of ICT in teaching, in laboratory work, in communication with students.
• During the course, a computer and a projector are used to project PPT and other audiovisual material (e.g. videos).
• In communication with students, electronic mail (emails) is used.
• Learning process support through the e-class electronic platform.

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

• Written exams.