Unlicensed personnel must be trained on blood product transportation before they can pick up blood and blood products from the Blood Bank.
a. True
b. False
answer is b
The blood or blood product may be obtained by a nurse or hospital courier who arrives at the Blood Bank with a chart label identifying the patient for product pick-up. Under normal circumstances, only one (1) unit of packed cells, plasma, or platelets will be issued.
The two nurses will check the blood against the order, check the client's identity, check the client's blood type against the type of blood that will be infused, check the expiration of the blood or blood component, and check the client's number against the blood product number. The nurses will also visually inspect the blood for any unusual color, precipitate, clumping and any other unusual signs.
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