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Procedure or process |
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Assessing the need for blood component therapy |
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Patient information and documenting consent from the patient |
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Taking blood samples for pretransfusion testing |
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Making the request for blood components |
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Surgical Blood Ordering Schedule |
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Ordering, pretransfusion testing, issue and delivery of blood components
- non urgent
- urgent and emergency
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Transportation of blood samples to the Hospital Blood Bank |
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Acceptance criteria for samples received in the laboratory |
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Thawing of FFP |
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Transportation of blood components |
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Pre-administration checks and bedside tests |
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Selection and use of infusion devices (e.g. rapid infusion, neonatal transfusion) |
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Setting up the transfusion, administering, transfusion rates |
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Warming infusion fluids including blood |
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Baseline observation and monitoring of the patient |
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Management of adverse reactions |
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Traceability of blood components |
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