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    Red Blood cells may be indicated for a patient with the following:

    symptomatic anemia (with its associated decreased oxygen carrying capacity)

    Platelets are most commonly indicated for patients who:

    are bleeding and have a low platelet count

    The written post transfusion instructions should be given to

    All of the above

    A new signed and witnessed Consent for Transfusion must be obtained

    For each new transfusion-related diagnosis

    Which of the following are required on all requisition and specimen tubes (select all that apply):

    (All)
    patient's full namepatient's medical record numbersignature of the person collecting the blood sampleDate collected if non-electronically ordered

    The person drawing the specimen the Blood Bank specimen with a paper requisition must (select all that apply):

    (all)
    Positively identify the patientMatch the patient's wristband with the tube labelsApply the label at the bedsideSign the requisition slip

    If a bag of Red Blood Cells arrives on the nursing unit and cannot be used right away, the best thing to do would be (select all that apply):

    return it to the Blood Bank immediately

    place it in a Blood Bank Refrigerator if available

    Blood Components for all patients must be checked:

    At the bedside using the patient's wristband and blood label

    If the identifying information on the unit of blood does not match the patient's wrist-band, you should:

    immediately return the unit to the Blood Bank

    Michigan Medicine requires that patients who receive blood must sign an informed consent prior to transfusion. (select all that apply):

    The nurse must look for the consent on the chart prior to the transfusion.

    One consent is sufficient for a single course of treatment.

    The nurse may witness the patient's signature on the consent form.

    A consent is not required in the case of a life threatening emergency transfusion

    To administer an IV medication through the blood administration line while blood is being transfused, you:

    Stop the transfusion, and use the saline flush, inject, saline flush method

    The IV solution completely compatible with blood is:

    0.9% sodium chloride (normal saline)

    A bag of Platelets arrives on the nursing unit that cannot be used right away. The best thing to do is:

    return it to the Blood Bank immediately

    The pretransfusion double check includes (select all that apply):

    (ata)
    Patient's full name and MRN number

    compatibility of patient and donor ABO and Rh types

    outdate of the blood product

    product name and donor unit number

    During the pretransfusion double check, you find that the unit outdates in less than 15 minutes. The component should be:

    Returned to blood bank

    The component and paperwork accompanying the unit must be re-checked at the time of transfusion if (select all that apply):

    The unit is removed from the bedside

    The unit is placed in a blood storage refrigerator

    The unit is sent to another nursing unit with the patient

    Mr. Jones requires an emergent blood transfusion with incomplete pretransfusion testing. You obtain a labeled emergency-unit of RBCS from a blood refrigerator and (select all that apply):

    Double check unit verifying that the unit is group O and not labeled for another patient

    Call the blood bank to get the unit replaced if obtained from a refrigerator outside the blood bank

    Submit a signed requisition with the Emergency Release section signed or order emergency units as "already available on unit" in Carelink

    Upon receiving blood through the pneumatic tube system the clerk and/or nurse must: (select all that apply)

    complete the blood delivery form indicating the date and time the product was received

    verify that the intended recipient is on the unit

    notify the nurse caring for the patient that the blood component(s) have arrived

    The possibility of bacterial contamination exists after a bag of blood has been entered. Therefore, an infusion of a blood component should be complete within how many hours of the unit being issued from the blood bank or removed from a controlled blood storage refrigerator on a patient care unit?

    4 hours

    The Blood Bank has notified you that the unit that is hanging is suspected of causing an Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction The infusion may be restarted:

    Never, because it is incompatible

    During the first 15 minutes of a transfusion of platelets, Mr. Jenkins exhibits hypotension, shock, fever and chills, nausea and vomiting, and respiratory distress. He may be experiencing which of the following types of transfusion reactions?

    Bacterial contamination

    The Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication of transfusion. This reaction is most often due to:

    Improper patient identification

    The signs and symptoms of an Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction may include: (select all that apply)

    Fever and/or chills

    Hypotension and/or tachycardia

    Feeling of impending doom

    The most common cause of severe shortness of breath with increased blood pressure that occurs after a transfusion is:

    Circulatory overload

    Miss Green's is receiving a unit of RBCs. Her baseline temperature was 98.0'F and is now 100.0'FThis temperature increase may be due to:

    Both of the above

    Hemolytic transfusion reaction

    Fever unrelated to transfusion

    Your interventions for Mrs. Green include (select all that apply)

    Stop the transfusion

    Call the patient's physician

    Keep the vein open with normal saline

    Report the reaction to the Blood Bank

    In documenting Miss Green's transfusion, you include which of the following in the notes? (select all that apply)

    ATA

    The blood product and amount transfused

    Signs and symptoms

    Who was notified and when

    Treatment and patient response

    The danger of transfusion transmitted diseases:

    Is present with every blood transfusion

    A link to information on blood products, Michigan Medicine Transfusion Policies and Procedures, FAQ's and transfusion related forms can be found on the clinical home page under Pathology / Blood Bank& Transfusion

    True

    Mrs. Smith rings the call button and states "I'm having trouble breathing". You completed a transfusion of plasma about 30 minutes ago. She does not have hives or laryngeal edema. Which of the following types of transfusion reactions might Mrs. Smith be experiencing?

    TRALI (Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury)