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I understand that any trained individual may transport blood however we do not have extra staff to be available 24 hours a day 7 days a week and I do not want to pay techs for this service. ER states they do not either and do not want to pay nurses so I was wondering how other folks have resolved a similar circumstance and whether they have specific trauma blood runners.......or is there another alternative. Thanks -
We are a Level 1 Trauma Center and are having a contraversy over who should transport blood as well as return unused blood especially in massive situations. Neither the Blood Bank nor ER have adequate staff to handle transport in these emergent situations and the transport departmant response is not adequate to meet massive bleeds. Are there alternatives other than a refrigerator in the trauma bays?
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No the Blood Bank does not see this blood at all. Thank you for your reply. We felt the same as you but wondered if there were other acceptible methods since storage of blood products in coolers is contraversial by regulators.
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They have been validated for 1-6C for 6 hours.
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We have a ped open heart surgeon that maintains pump blood until the following day for possible infusion in validated blood bank coolers changing the ice every six hours. Is this an acceptible practice or does someone have experience with an alternative storage method..
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Thank you
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Does anyone have experience with an computer transport system in which the person who shows up to get the blood for a patient only knows the patient name and place of delivery - does not have two forms of patient identifier? Do you give blood to the transport person without 2 forms of patient ID?