Currently the blood bank performs clerical checks for transfusion reactions at our facility. How does everyone handle the clerical check at your facilities?

Nursing handles the clerical check for anything they touch; blood bank handles the clerical check for anything we touch. Causes some overlap which is a good thing in this situation.

blood bank handles all clerical checks currently

Similar to Denny - nursing draws the blood at our place so they draw the patient for the reaction workup, check recipient ID against the XM forms, document this and send it all down to us. We check the donor ID against the forms when we get the blood and paperwork returned.

Currently the blood bank performs clerical checks for transfusion reactions at our facility. How does everyone handle the clerical check at your facilities?

Currently we follow a plan similar to Deny.:cool:

Nursing staff do clerical check at their end (and sign the transfusion reaction form to say it has been done) and we do for anything we 'touch'. In both cases it is done by someone who wasn't involved in any of the process to reduce the risk of a 'cover up'.