Currently, we use a paper form (stocked in each Nursing station) that is completed by RN/MD and physically delivered to Blood Bank to obtain release of uncrossmatched blood. It is very fast and is not dependent on patient being admitted to HIS, specifically ER patients. Does your facility/IT department require that an order for Uncrossmatched Blood must be placed in HIS, i.e., to be consistent with some requirement that all orders must be electronically generated? Would anyone construe this requiremen to mean that a paper form may not be used to order uncrossmatched blood? Has anyone been told by their IT department, that the order for Uncrossmatched Blood must be placed in the HIS before blood can be released for transfusion?