You are the nurse interviewing a potential blood donor. You ask the client what medications he uses (prescription, over the counter, blood thinners, recent immunization, and illicit). What is the purpose of this question?
1. Medications can pass from blood donor to recipient in the donated blood.
2. To educate the blood donor about risks associated with illicit drug use.
3. The physician at the blood bank must be notified of all drug use in potential donors.
4. A list of medications will be placed on the bag of donated blood.
Medications can pass from blood donor to recipient in the donated blood.
Rationale: Medications are present in the bloodstream for defined periods of time after injection; therefore, they can be passed to the recipient in a blood transfusion. Educating the blood donor about risks associated with illicit drug use is not the purpose of the question. Notifying the health care provider at the blood bank of all drug use in potential donors is not a standard procedure. Placing a list of medications on the bag of donated blood is not a standard procedure at blood banks.
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