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Blood transfusion guidelines
Transfusing blood products is a high-risk procedure that requires careful attention to detail and excellent patient assessment skills. For this reason, any time you administer blood products you will be doing it with another RN to ensure all the safety checks have been conducted.
Whether you’re a nurse wanting to boost your confidence in this area, or a student preparing for a blood transfusion check-off, this lesson is a great review of the key things you need to know.
For a review of the different types of blood products, click here.
You can also listen to episode 253 to maximize your review of blood transfusion basics and the different types of blood products.
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Step 1: Prepare the patient for the blood transfusion
The infusion of any blood products is started within thirty minutes of acquiring it from the blood bank, so it’s important to do a few preparatory tasks in advance.
Note that if you obtain a blood product from the blood bank and are unable to start the infusion within thirty minutes, it m
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