beverleyj Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Does anyone use Meditech's TAR in surgery for blood transfusions? If so are the RNs documenting or is Anesthesia documenting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BankerGirl Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 We use it and it is the RNs documenting. Unfortunately, Anesthesia refuses to move their documentation away from paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGNUM Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 As of yet, we have been unable to migrate BCTA into the OR. But our division is looking to force the issue and put it in the OR regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol Salo Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I know it's an old post, but I came looking for answers as well. Any updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beverleyj Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 It was not an easy sale but eventually we implemented the TAR in surgery with the option of a downtime slip in life-threatening situations in which there is no time to use the TAR. For our anesthesiologists to use TAR, the surgery RN initiates everything in the TAR reviews the blood bag with the anesthesiologist and then ends it in TAR. Vitals are not captured in TAR but recorded in a separate anesthesia record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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