Indications for Transfusion
A severe drop in red blood cells, often requiring transfusion, is known as this condition.
What is Anemia?
Set of vital signs taken prior to initiating a blood transfusion.
What is pre-transfusion vital signs within 15 minutes prior to initiating a transfusion?
This reaction occurs when the immune system attacks transfused red blood cells.
What is a Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction?
This step verifies patient identity and blood compatibility before a transfusion.
What is Blood Product Verification?
Patients with this condition may need platelets if their count drops below 10,000/mcL.
What is Thrombocytopenia?
This test ensures compatibility between donor and recipient blood.
What is Crossmatching?
Characterized by hives and itching, this is a common allergic response to transfusion.
What is an Allergic Reaction?
This vital sign is critical to monitor during the first 15 minutes of a transfusion.
What is Temperature?
This life-threatening coagulopathy requires fresh frozen plasma transfusion.
What is Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)?
Document required for transfusion of blood or blood products.
What is a Consent form?
This rare reaction causes breathing difficulty and hypotension, potentially leading to shock.
What is Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI)?
A blood transfusion should be completed within this many hours to minimize risk.
What is 4 Hours?
Massive blood loss leading to this condition may necessitate large-volume transfusions.
What is Hemorrhagic Shock?
These antigens on red blood cells determine blood type compatibility.
What are Blood Group Antigens?
This reaction, marked by fever, is the most common non-life-threatening transfusion complication.
What is a Febrile Nonhemolytic Reaction?
This is the frequency of vital sign sets throughout the blood transfusion process.
What is within 15 minutes prior to initiating, 15 minutes after initiation, then every hour and on completion of transfusion?
This genetic disorder requires red blood cell transfusions to manage chronic anemia.
What is Sickle Cell Disease?
This blood test is valid for three days before re-draw is required for a blood transfusion
What is a Type and Screen?
Occurring days to weeks post-transfusion, this reaction involves delayed destruction of red blood cells.
What is a Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction?
If a transfusion reaction occurs, these three actions must be taken immediately.
What is Stop the transfusion, notify the physician, and maintain IV access with normal saline?