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We currently use Cerner for blood banking and I just have a few questions. When using the computer crossmatch, do we still need to use an issue date and time and signatures of who it was issued to and issued by and visual inspection according to the AABB guidelines? Also when dispensing blood in Cerner, do you dispense blood before it is picked up by nurse or at the time it is picked up. We have been told that if you do not dispense blood when blood is given that it is an FDA infringement. What exactly is happening in dispense mode? Is this just the trail that the unit is even blood bank? Thanks!
Issuing blood in Cerner with e-XM
in Transfusion Services
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We use the crossmatch option that generates a crossmatch tag. We were told that we do not need to issue date/time/to whom/by whom the tag anymore. I have read in the AABB guidelines book the 17th edition I believe and it states that according to their guidelines it has to be signed out with a date/time/to whom/by whom. I have not been able to read the latest 18th edition and was curious if anyone has and would be able to tell me if this has changed where you do not need to or if it still remains that if you are using a paper trail that the above listed documentation must be complete? We do use the manual dispense option but we are not utilizing it the way I believe it should be. We are being told that as soon as we finish ordering and reporting the crossmatch that we should go into dispense right away and dispense the unit even though at this time there is not a nurse picking up and sometimes can be hrs+ before the unit is picked up and hung by nursing