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comment_62686

Our current procedure says we only check out blood to a licensed RN, LPN, Paramedic, or Perfusionist.

Is that a hospital decision ? Can I change that?

 

I've worked in a lab where the porters were allowed to collect blood (lab's own porters) as long as they were fully competency assessed. In our current lab our Lab Assistants do some running.

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    • David Saikin
      David Saikin

      In my experience you only "run" the blood when something very very critical is occurring. I've done it less than a handful of times in 40 yrs. I'd deal with the computer later (you can always back dat

    • tbostock
      tbostock

      We are the runners for MTPs. We don't have "extra" staff either, but it has shown to work for us. The Blood Banker stays put, another tech or phleb or supervisor becomes the runner. 1. We know where

    • goodchild
      goodchild

      As long as we've been short-staffed, I think I would laugh hysterically if someone expected our blood bank to start delivering blood products.

    comment_62689

    I tell them we aren't Pizza Hut. 

     

    It is rare that we have more than one Tech available on the bench for a 320 bed hospital, plus doing reference workups for our sister hospital.

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    It is rare that we have more than one Tech available on the bench for a 320 bed hospital, plus doing reference workups for our sister hospital.

     

    Wow and I thought we had it bad....

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    comment_62859

    Our current procedure says we only check out blood to a licensed RN, LPN, Paramedic, or Perfusionist.

    Is that a hospital decision ? Can I change that?

    I worked in a 700+bed hospital. We had transporters who delivered blood. They had training and competencies. Here I have no policy on who can sign blood out. We've even given it to the housekeepers in emergencies BUT they know that it goes right away to where it is needed. Our only policy is on who can hang it.

    comment_62865

    We do not deliver. Period...

    For external disaster...May be I could think...

    but routinely no!! I can not spare anyone as we are level 1 trauma center with only two techs in evening and night shift...

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