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Monitoring Transfusions for In House Transport Patients

Cheryl Richards
in Transfusion Services

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What is your facility's policy on transporting patients (e.g., to Xray, from ER to the floor, etc) when a blood component is being transfused? Do you require licensed nurses? Do you train the transport staff in the recognition of reactions? How are patients monitored if they are in CT scan for an hour or more - are your radiology staff trained in reactions?

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comment_22199

A licensed nurse always accompanies a patient in transport with any kind of IV running (other than normal saline) and stays with the patient for the procedure.

comment_22293

Our hospital policy requires a licensed nurse to accompany the patient also (although I think for an ER patient a paramedic qualifies).

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We also require a licensed nurse to accompany a patient receiving a transfusion.

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