simret Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Is there a regulation specifying who can order in addition to physicians? Can RN, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician assistant order blood products? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Saikin Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 nurse practioners and pas can order blood components. At least any place I've ever worked. simret and Ensis01 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMcCord Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 1:24 PM, David Saikin said: nurse practioners and pas can order blood components. At least any place I've ever worked. Same at my facility, although for inpatients there is supposed to be a quick check with an MD hospitalist or specific indicators in the chart from an MD for some patients (some Onc patients, active bleeders,etc.). We found that some of our mid-level providers were more 'liberal' with some transfusion decisions than our MDs - more units, higher Hgbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Blumberg Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 It's a state law issue. Each state sets its own regulations about who can order what, if I recall correctly. It sometimes may be an institutional issue. David Saikin, simret and John C. Staley 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auntie-D Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) Technically RBCs are not prescribed so can be ordered by anyone who has demonstrated competency. (UK) Edited October 28, 2022 by Auntie-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Needs ☆ Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Auntie-D said: Technically RBCs are not prescribed so can be ordered by anyone who has demonstrated competency. (UK) Maybe, but RBCs are blood components, rather than blood products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auntie-D Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 On 10/28/2022 at 8:49 PM, Malcolm Needs said: Maybe, but RBCs are blood components, rather than blood products. and semantically they asked about products Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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