The Blood Administration and Collection process includes the placing of the Dispense and Administer orders, collecting the specimen, releasing the orders, and documenting the administration. A critical feature of this process is the barcode scanning of the patient, requisition, blood specimen, and blood product.

Notices

Blood Bank Specimens

• Blood Bank Specimens - (Handout) Summarizes the specific regulations required for all blood bank specimens that must be followed. Any deviation will result in the Blood Bank rejecting the specimen.

Resources

Blood Administration and Collection Process

• Blood Administration - Pre-Administration Tasks (BECS910) - (eLearning: 5 min) This eLearning covers the pre-administration workflows for inpatient nursing staff administering blood products to a patient.
• Blood Administration - Administration Tasks (BECS911) - (eLearning: 9 min) This eLearning is a follow up to BECS910, Blood Administration - Pre-Administration tasks, and covers the workflow for using Epic to document administering blood products to a patient.
• Blood Administration – Suspected Transfusion Reaction (BECS912) - (eLearning: 6 min) This eLearning covers the workflow for inpatient nursing staff responding to a suspected transfusion reaction
• Standard Blood Administration & Collection - (Handout) Reviews the Nursing Standard workflow in Epic.
• Massive Transfusion Protocol - (Handout) Reviews the workflow for documenting a Massive Transfusion Protocol in Epic.
• Cellular Therapy Flowsheet (Bone Marrow/Stem Cell) - (Handout) Reviews the Stem Cell infusion workflow in Epic.
• Blood Administration Practice Barcodes - (Handout) Allows end users to practice blood administration in the Epic Playground environment (4 RBC units for 35 inpatients provided, this is a very large document, consider printing just what you need for practice).
• Suspected Blood Transfusion Reaction SmartText - (Handout) A SmartText can be used by providers to make the documentation of Suspected Blood Transfusion Reactions more efficient within their Event or Progress Notes.

Medical Center Downtown (MCD) Blood Administration and Collection Process

• MCD Standard Blood Administration & Collection - (Handout) Reviews the Nursing Standard workflow in Epic for MCD locations.
• MCD Massive Transfusion Protocol - (Handout) Reviews the workflow for documenting a Massive Transfusion Protocol in Epic for MCD locations.

Anesthesia

• Blood Administration for Anesthesia (BECS901) - (eLearning: 2 min) The standard blood administration workflow for Anesthesia.
• Type and Screen Process for Anesthesia (BECS902) - (eLearning: 5 min) The process for ordering and collecting a Type and Screen by Anesthesia.
• Anesthesia Blood Administration Trifold - (Handout) Reviews the Anesthesia Blood Administration workflow in Epic.

Beaker Lab Collection

• Beaker Lab Collection Inpatient & Ambulatory Nursing Workflow - (Handout) Inpatient and Ambulatory nursing workflows for Beaker Lab Collection are reviewed.
• Beaker Lab Collection - Anesthesia - (Handout) The Beaker Lab Collection workflows for Anesthesiologist are reviewed.
• Beaker Lab Collection - ED - (Handout) The workflows for Beaker Lab Collection in the Emergence Department are reviewed.
• Beaker Lab Collection - OR - (Handout) The workflows for Beaker Lab Collection in Main OR & ASC Pre/Post are reviewed.

Emergency Department Procedures

• Standard Blood Administration and Collection Process in ED - (Handout) Reviews the ED nursing workflow for Standard Blood Administration.

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