Blood Administration

3. Must be obtained with physician signature prior to giving blood.
5. You cannot use regular tubing, you must use____ tubing to administer blood.
7. Nurse must place what order prior to blood bank sending the blood through the tube system?
8. When blood is completed dispose in this type of bag?
10. Verify you are giving the correct blood product by verifying patient DOB, unit number, and this with a second nurse?
13. If reaction occurs stop the transfusion, start ________, notify the provider, notify blood bank, and document.
14. This must be checked just before transfusion and 15 minutes after the start of the transfusion. This includes temperature.

1. This is part of the assessment prior to starting the transfusion and must be checked 15 minutes after transfusion to check for signs of fluid overload.
2. You must check patients name, DOB, and _____ with blood bank prior to them sending the unit of blood.
4. Transfusion must be started in _____ minutes from the time blood issues the unit of blood. If it is not started in this time frame, the blood must be sent back to the blood bank.
6. If a transfusion reaction occurs ____ the infusion.
8. Signs of a transfusion reaction include elevated temperature, hives, wheezing, decrease or increase of vital signs, and this?
9. Blood must be transfused completely in this amount of time from the time blood bank issues the unit.
11. This is first collected to know the patient blood type and then confirmed by ABO.
12. Blood administration is a two-nurse verification system and must have a _____ sign off.