| Hospital Blood Bank
All crossmatched blood is stored in the Blood Bank in the Pathology Department at 4 degrees centigrade which has special alarm systems to protect the blood. It is not permitted to store blood in any other fridge throughout the hospital. Only one unit of blood should be taken at a time unless two drips are being used.
There is a cool box provided for theatre use only, when more than one unit of blood is required because of a difficult surgical procedure. Blood may be kept in this box for up to four hours. Any unused blood must be returned as soon as possible. This cool box MUST be used when taking emergency O Rh D Negative blood.
Provision of Blood Products
The Blood Transfusion laboratory provides the following blood products which must be requested using the pink Transfusion request card. Current guidelines must be adhered to.
-fresh frozen plasma
-cryoprecipitate
-platelet concentrate
-iv immunoglobulin
-human albumin
a) 4.5% 500 mL, 250 mL
b) 20% 100 mL
-Factor VIII and Factor IX.
-other specialised factor products
-C1 esterase inhibitor
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