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H O W T O O R D E R B LO O D P R O D U C T S
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HOW TO ORDER BLOOD PRODUCTS
To order the blood product, use the name of the blood product to search.
In this example we will search for “Red Blood Cells”.
You may also search for these blood products:
CryoprecipitatePlateletsRed Blood CellsFresh Frozen PlasmaType and ScreenABO/RH Type
Click on the “Select” tab.
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HOW TO ORDER BLOOD PRODUCTS
This screen will launch.
Enter the number of units by clicking on the number in this box.
Fill in the other boxes as needed.
Click on the “OK” tab.
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HOW TO ORDER BLOOD PRODUCTS
When you order special blood, you will see extra pop-up boxes reminding you to notify lab about the special order.
This alerts the lab to begin the longer-than-usual process of obtaining the specially prepared blood product.
If any of these 4 types of blood are needed enter “Y”, the pop-up box will remind you to notify lab and the 2 queries below them are required.
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HOW TO TRANSFUSE BLOOD PRODUCTS
To order the transfusion of a blood product use the look-up screen and search “blood”.
Select the NUR order “Blood Administer”.
Click on “Select”.
This screen will launch.
Enter the number of mls or units to be transfused.
Use the F9 look-up to select the blood product.
Click okay.
YOU MAY ALSO ORDER BLOOD PRODUCTS AND/OR TRANSFUSIONS USING AN ORDER SET
From the Orders screen, click on “Order Sets”.
This will launch a screen to enter information about the ordering provider and the order source.
Enter information for the ordering provider and the order source.
This screen will launch. Click on the “Blood Bank/Transfuse” order set. Then click the “Process” tab (it will become active after you select the order set.
This screen will launch. Click on the + sign to view the orders under the headings.
Select the desired orders and then click “Done”.
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ACK BLOOD ORDERS
When you are acknowledging orders for blood products (RBC, FFP, or Platelets), please scroll down look carefully at the details of the order.
Physicians are required to answer these questions as they are placing the order.These details pull to this screen
If the answer to any of these questions is Y, nursing must place a phone call to lab.