This customizable document, Blood/Blood Components - Transfusion Reactions, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Outpatient Surgery and Ambulatory Services Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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	POLICY: It is the policy of Facility that a transfusion reaction requires immediate recognition and prompt nursing intervention to prevent further complications and possible death. All transfusion reactions must be treated as serious in nature until proven otherwise. The proper procedure must be followed and a transfusion reaction form completed when indicated. Notification of the physician must take place for the following types of transfusion reactions: TypeCauseSigns and SymptomsHemolytic:Antibodies in the recipient's plasma react with antigens in donor red blood cells. This leads to...
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	...information portion of the transfusion reaction form and return it to the Blood Bank along with blood component bag, the attached transfusion set and IV solutions when possible. Dispose of any needles in the sharp box. The registered nurse will order, and collect the urine specimen for, a post transfusion urinalysis and send it to the Clinical Laboratory. The Clinical Laboratory will collect a new, properly labeled, blood sample avoiding hemolysis from the patient 10 mL red top. The...