Ditto here. We verify with the RN or LVN here in the blood bank and then they likewise check with another nurse at the bedside. The antibody/antigen history is not readback or verified.
I got mine from Old Will Knott Scales.
I bought the ProScale LCS100, and the 100gram calibration weight.
All total I believe I paid $26.00 for all.
www.oldwillknottscales.com
We repeat it each and every time. With the number of healthcare facilities in our area, we feel that the patient could have been transfused elsewhere and could possibly "create" new antibodies. Just being safe.
We separate ALL of our samples from the cells. I do not have reasoning for this, just that this is the way it has always been done here and also the way I was trained soooooooooooooo long ago.
I prefer to let the reference lab do them. I have been in the situation where you are the ONLY lab doing KB's, so you get all the stats from all the surrounding hospitals. That 2 am KB on a busy Saturday night with multiple traumas including "gun and knife club" business really makes one thank your lucky stars for reference labs that have a flow cytometer.
We are on meditech 5.66 and have been using BCTA for approximately 3 years now. TAR is really an outdated term. BCTA (Bar-Code enabled Transfusion Administration) is the correct term to use in meditech. As far as I know, all the HCA hospitals use this.
We do pretransfusion vitals, 10 min after start, 30 min, then hourly. We know when the vitals are done because as they are performed they populate in the blood bank module.
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