A family member wants to donate blood for a client who needs a blood transfusion. What information from the family member would make them ineligible for donation?
A) The family member was serving in the military in England in 1993 for 2 years.
B) The family member had a surgical procedure 4 years previously for an inguinal hernia.
C) The family member received a blood transfusion 10 years previously at a hospital in Canada.
D) The family member takes an antihypertensive medication for control of blood pressure.
A
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The American Red Cross bans blood collection from anyone who has lived in the United Kingdom for a total of 6 months or longer between 1980 and 1996, lived in various countries in Europe including while serving in the military since 1980, received a blood transfusion in the United Kingdom, or lived 5 or more years in various European countries from 1980 to the present. There is a higher risk among these potential donors for BSE or "mad cow disease." The other answers are not exclusion criteria for donating blood.
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