ChrisO

This is what we have thought about doing, let me know if you come up with a better solution!! Thanks for the input!!

We currently use Cerner and electronic crossmatch/release, but if we receive a crossmatch order, our policy is to perform the crossmatch on the patient. We love the electronic crossmatches, but unfortunately we are still having to put units on the crossmatch shelf. It is very hard to get the physicians to change and we are a teaching hospital as well and every July we start all over again on trying to train the newbies!! Thanks

Yes we do, we can track it that way. The problem is we can be overloaded with paper and it could be difficult to keep track of it until the sample expires and patient is discharged. We currently use Cerner in our facility, we were wondering if anyone has an electronic method of tracking these orders. We would rather nursing kept track of the product orders thru their "task" list and only sent us an actual order when they were ready to transfuse.

I work at a Level 1 Trauma Hospital that holds around 300 patients. Currently when we receive RBC orders, we crossmatch them right away. The problem is that a lot of the time, we end up tearing the units down due to sample expiration and we also end up ordering more replacement units for restock (the refrigerators get quite full at times). We tie up units that could currently be issued to patients that actually have transfusion orders. I know some hospitals that do not crossmatch the units until they have a transfusion order. Our issue is how to keep track of the transfusion orders?