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What is your hospital's policy on armband expiration for outpatient transfusion? Do you allow them to be drawn one day for testing and transfused the next, even though they are not inpatient? Does your hospital allow patient's to wear their armband from their inpatient stay home to be used for a routine outpatient transfusion the next day? What if they came in through the ER and received blood, would you allow them to have a routine transfusion the next day in outpatient on the specimen from the night before? The patients receiving outpatient transfusions here are typically oncology/chronic anemia patients that come fairly regularly. Any regulation references on this subject would be appreciated!
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Does anyone use the Typenex Barcode Plus Condensed blood band at their facility? Or any other blood band that does not require patient demographics on the blood band? https://www.typenex.com/products/pdf/barcode-plus-condensed-dfu.pdf We currently use a barcoded blood bank band that requires the patient demographic information to be handwritten on. It has a carbonless sticker system. The sticker is peeled off and put on the T/S specimen, the carbonless copy is part of the armband. We have problems with clerical errors, name changes (especially after a John Doe is identified) and illegible handwriting. We are considering going to the condensed armband that just has the barcoded number on it for the blood bank. This will be used in conjunction with the hospital armband that has the patient name, MR#, account # and DOB on it. I'd appreciate any insight from those who have used the condensed band or a similar product.
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