We only do a culture if there is a febrile reaction.

On 1/21/2016 at 9:04 PM, Eagle Eye said:

Most reactions at our place do not get culture done. Once the reaction work up is completed we notify our medical director and he/she decides if she wants to send for culture, mostly based on signs and symptoms and patient's underlying conditions.

How is it worded in your policy? And does staff call the medical director at all hours or is the unit refrigerated until review and then gram stain and/or cultures collected? 

Our pathologist gets called for every reation after the work up compelted for transfusion reaction other than hives. 

Based on temp. rise pathologist orders culture on bag and/or patient. Our microbiology department is closed at nigth so we keep the bag in ref. 

if the pathologist want to order culture on patient, that need to be doen ASAP.