Transfusion Medicine

Module:

Basic Sciences

ECTS:

7

Contact hours – lectures:

65

Contact hours – seminar:

0

Contact hours – clinical exercises:

0

Contact hours – clinical practice:

65

Holder of subject:

Dr Saša Kadivec, Senior Lecture

Year of study:

First

Contact hours – lectures:

10

Contact hours – seminar:

0

Contact hours – clinical exercises:

0

Contact hours – clinical practice:

65

Holder of subject:

Dr Saša Kadivec, Senior Lecturer

Education providers:

• Irena Bricl, Senior Lecturer

Level of study:

First Bologna cycle professional education study program

Semester:

Summer

Language:

Slovene/English

Subject specific competences:

The student:

• is familiar with the laws, rules and   regulations prescribing the competences required for blood transfusion nursing interventions and for blood transfusion treatment;
• is familiar with nurses' competences in transfusion interventions for blood and blood preparations;
• is familiar with the principles of donating blood and the criteria for selecting blood donors;
• is familiar with the preparation methods of blood components, their characteristics, storage, transportation and usage requirements (blood components include concentrated erythrocytes, thrombocytes, leukocytes, fresh frozen plasma, and blood medications (albumins, gamma globulins, blood coagulation factors);
• knows how to test for ABO and RhD blood groups on a glass slide;
• understands the importance and the basic principles of blood component pre-transfusion laboratory examinations (ABO and RhD blood groups, cross match, and bedside test);
• is familiar with blood components transfusion principles;
• is familiar with possible harmful effects of blood component transfusion and required measures;
• acquires and deepens nursing competences for blood treatment of patients, learns how to search for information in this field;
• recognizes health issues in blood donors, responds to them independently and solves them under the supervision of a clinical mentor by offering suggestions or conducting interventions;
• is familiar with characteristics of blood components and their storage conditions;
• recognizes adverse reactions of blood transfusion in patients and knows how to react to them appropriately.

Mandatory and recommended references:

Mandatory references:

• Priporočila o pripravi, uporabi in zagotavljanju kakovosti komponent krvi. (Recommendation concerning preparation, use and quality assurance of blood components.) - 10. izd. Prevod. Ljubljana: Zavod RS za transfuzijsko medicino: Informacijski center Sveta Evrope pri Narodni in univerzitetni knjižnici; 2005.
• Gregorc C. Povzetki strokovnih priporočil za delo s krvnimi pripravki. Utrip 2005; 6: 29–31.
• Gregorc C. Obposteljni test pred transfuzijo. Utrip 2005; 6: 31–33.

Recommended references:

• Zakon o preskrbi s krvjo (ZPKrv-1) 2006. Uradni list RS, št. 104/06.
• Pravilnik o strokovno medicinskih pogojih za odvzem krvi 2007. Uradni list RS, št. 9/07.
• Pravilnik o obveznem testiranju krvi in komponent krvi 2007. Uradni list RS, št. 9/07.
• Pravilnik o zbiranju, pripravi, shranjevanju, razdeljevanju in prevozu krvi in komponent krvi 2007. Uradni list RS, št. 9/07.
• Pravilnik o transfuzijskih preiskavah in postopkih ob transfuziji 2007. Uradni list RS, št. 9/07.
• Pravilnik o hemovigilanci 2007. Uradni list RS, št. 9/07.
• Pravilnik o standardih in tehničnih zahtevah sistema kakovosti za transfuzijsko dejavnost 2007. Uradni list RS, št. 9/07.
• Pravilnik o načinu in obliki dostopa do dokumentacije 2007. Uradni list RS, št. 9/07.
   

Study obligations:

• 30% obligatory attendance at lectures

Assessment methods:

• written examination (100%)