B Postive Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Does your facility issue blood products for transfusion to nursing units in coolers? If yes, do you allow the blood products to travel from one nursing unit to the other with the patient? Do you know of any regulations that govern such practice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbostock Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Blood in coolers is considered storage, not transport, so you must maintain the temp between 1 and 6°C. There are no regs that I am aware of that prohibit you from moving the cooler around. David Saikin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Postive Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Agree blood in coolers is considered storage, whose responsibility would it be to ensure proper chain of custody is maintained especially when units are issued in cooler to one nursing unit i.e. Operating room, the nursing unit wants to take the cooler to the 2nd nursing unit (ICU). Let's say they ordered 4 RBC to be available for a case in a room, now they take the cooler with them to ICU. We will not know how much was given in OR and how much was given at 2nd location. The orders from OR may get reconciled and I am guessing new orders (for regulatory purpose) should be placed if they are going to transfuse, however we will not issue to them they will just take what they need at this new location. Is there a process in place that could manage this scenario better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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