Risk assessments Blood Donation

National Model Risk Assessments (NMRA) have been reviewed by  trained risk assessors and then agreed and approved by managers. The contents of the risk assessment must then be communicated to all staff in the department.

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What Risk assessment (RA) are you looking for?

General

• Agency Staff - 16446*
• BP Cuffs -  16456*
• Children and Young Persons - 16440*
• Clinical Waste - 16460*
• Contact with Blood & Body Fluids & Use of gloves - 16461*
• Driving Team Vehicles - 16455*
• First Aid on Teams - 16466*
• Haemoglobin, Sampling and Testing - 16462*
• Copper Sulphate - 12543*
• Hepatitis B - Not covered by Vaccine - 12818*
• Loading and Unloading of Team Equipment (inc. Safety Shoes) - 16544*
• Load and Unload of Tables and Screens - 22959*
• Loading and Unloading at Venues - 22756*
• Lone Working - 18166*
• New and Expectant Mothers - 16445*
• Office Working - 17489*
• Post Donation Care and Food Preparation - 16447*
• Providing Fluids to Donors on Session -  16467*
• Session of the Future - 23046*
• Set Up Pack Down (SUPD) - 22504*
• Spill Kit - 16464* - Safety Data Sheets (1) (2) Emergency Preparedness
• Team Base - 22641*
• Temperature on Sessions - 16465*
• Use of Display Screen Equipment - 16457*
• Use of Roll Cages - 23834*
• Use of Sharps - 16008*
• Violence and Aggression - 16441*
• Volunteers - 16444*
• Working in a Mobile Session - 25835*

Hygiene

• Chloraprep 27607* - Safety Data Sheet
• Clinell Wipes - 27812* - Safety Data Sheet 
• Cutan Foaming Hand Sanitiser 26245* - Safety Data Sheet
• INEOS Hand Sanitiser 26237* - Safety Data Sheet
• Dermashield - 13737* - Safety Data Sheet
• Diversey - 21469* - Safety Data Sheet
• Fast Aid - 27466* - Safety Data Sheet
• Purell - 16936* - Safety Data Sheet
• Skinman Soft - 27860* - Safety Data Sheet
• Softalind - 16473* - Safety Data Sheet
• Spirigel  -  22190* - Safety Data Sheet
• Storage and Transportation of Alcohol Based Products - 12915* - Tenos Report

Equipment

• Additional Heating at Venues - 22177*
• Additional Lighting at Venues - 3964*
• Blood Transportation Containers - 16622*
• Carrying Component Parts of Donation Chairs -  14175*
• Donation Chair -  16764*
• Electric Urns - 22499*
• Heat Sealer - 16617*
• Hemoflow 400 Agitator -  16621*
• Hired Cooling - 3963*
• Hire Vehicles - 16611*
• Instant Cool Packs 21562* - Safety Data Sheet
• Modesty Screens and Repair -16613*
• Ramps - 16620*
• Reversing Vehicles - 17173*
• Snow/Ice Clearance and Overshoes - 16468*
• Use of Bespoke Trolley's - 16765*
• Use of Hand Held Device on Session - 24519*
• Use of Mechanical Movers - 30057*

Stress

• Donor Carer 1 - 14756*
• Donor Carer 2 - 14757*
• Donor Carer/Driver - 14753*
• Donor Care Supervisor - 14758*
• Session Nurse - 14754*
• Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse - 19963*
• Donor Centre Administrator - 14751*
• Donor Centre Manager - 14752*

Risk Assessments - Donor Centres

 These risk assessments are in addition to the relevant ones in the Blood Donation area. 

• Component Donation Bed -  4918*
• Handheld Sealer -  22807*
• Heat Pads - 17491*
• Platelet Agitator - 22046*
• Process for the collection of platelets - 22812*
• Provision of food & drink to component donors - 22811*
• Storage of Trima Kits -17490*
• Working in a Static Clinic - 27770*
• Agitator Floor Stand - 22815*