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Specimen Collection
Transfusion Trivia
100
The amount of time you have from getting your pre-vital signs to picking up your blood product from blood bank
What is 30 MINUTES
100
This color tube is used to collect a blood sample from the patient for crossmatch
What is pink top
100
When a patient's transfusion record is reviewed by another nurse, this is called a what
What is an audit
200
This is the max amount of time a blood product can be hanging
What is 4 hours
200
These two stickers are placed on the patient's specimen for crossmatch
What is the patient label and sticker from tail of blood bracelet
200
The duration of admission is how long this item is good for
What is transfusion consent
300
How long the nurse stays at the patient's bedside for the beginning of the transfusion
What is 15 minutes
300
These three things are written the patient's label for the bracelet and the specimen
What are the date, time and collecting employee's ID
300
Unless an emergency, this is the number of blood products that can be issued at one time
What is one
400
In what time frame blood should be administered unless ordered differently by a physician
What is 1.5-2 hours
400
After specimen collection and labeling, these two items get tubed to blood bank
What are the specimen and the tail from the blood bracelet
400
When a patient has blood actively transfusing, he or she must be accompanied by whom when traveling
Who is a nurse
500
The amount of time you have to come back in and correct documentation errors found on audit related to transfusions
What is 24 hours
500
An Emergency Release (signed by a physician) will allow you to transfuse a blood product without this
What is a crossmatch
500
When the patient donates his or her own blood which is saved to be infused back into them at a later time
What is autologous infusion