Blood bank Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Blood bank and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Which of the following patients represents an acceptable donor. | View Page |
| The generally accepted age range for homologous blood donation is: | View Page |
| Which one of the following statements about directed donations is true: | View Page |
| Match collection tube colors and additive type on the right with clinical usage on the left. | View Page |
| Automated Systems An increasing number of transfusion services are using automated blood banking systems. These systems may employ either solid phase or gel techniques. Use of automation may increase productivity, reduce costs, and, by decreasing the number of manual steps in the testing process, potentially reduce errors. | View Page |
| Which statement(s) describe potential causes of medical errors involving the blood bank? | View Page |
| Near Misses Near misses are also related to medical errors: Near misses are medical events that avert unwanted consequences.Someone or something identifies and corrects harmful influences before they cause adverse events.The medical community sometimes calls near misses “close calls.”
For example, a transfusion is stopped when the nurse discovers that the identification number on a unit of blood does not match the unit number on the requisition. This is a near miss for the patient receiving a transfusion of incompatible blood.
Near misses often provide important insight into new ways of preventing medical errors. In this case, a flaw in Blood Bank cross-checking systems is discovered so it can be prevented from causing a medical error. | View Page |
| Discussion When the results on Mr. John Ready were called to the nurse, she was very surprised that the result of his CBC was normal. The nurse explained to the lab tech that Mr. John Ready had a known diagnosis of lower GI bleeding. His hemoglobin had been very low for the past 24 hours because of the internal bleeding, and she thought it was very surprising that his hemoglobin had normalized so quickly without having received a blood transfusion. Mr. Ready’s doctor decided the patient should be redrawn to ensure a correct result. The nurse further questioned if the phlebotomist could possibly have drawn the wrong patient because earlier that day Mr. Ready had been moved to room 831, and room 825 was presently occupied by a patient named Walter Redding. If Julie had checked the patient’s armband, she would have realized that the patient in 825 was the wrong patient.Relevant topics:Importance of patient ID, Patient identification continued, Specimen labeling,
Specimen labeling Continued, Blood bank specimens
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| Red top tubes Contain no additives.
Used for blood bank tests such as blood typing, type and screen, and crossmatches.
Also used for other tests including toxicology, and serology.
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| Blood bank specimens Labeling of blood bank specimens is even more critical than labeling of other specimen types.If a patient gets the wrong unit of blood, a serious or even fatal transfusion reaction may occur. | View Page |