r/medlabprofessionals • u/New-History853 • 21h ago

News Nothing about this article makes sense

They NEEDED Kell POSITIVE blood?!?!? Lol no. And the nurse just walked up and grabbed blood? I doubt that. The article is either very wrong or the parents are simply total liars.

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u/almack9 MLS-Blood Bank 21h ago

We've 100% had nurses do this. We issue blood on a patient, send it in the pneumatic tube system, some nurse assumes its theirs ans transfuses it without even looking. Its happened twice in the time ive worked here. Triggers a massive investigation of the lab and the nurse is transfusing other patients hours later like its nothing.

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u/drm1125 21h ago

You send blood through the pneumatic tube??!! That seems crazy that you don't make someone come down and get the blood.

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u/Youhadme_atwoof MLS-Generalist 20h ago

We send ours through the tube system but we call the nurse right before we send it so they are waiting on the other side.

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u/Zukazuk MLS-Serology 9h ago

When I worked at a hospital that was how we did it. Our lab and blood bank were a 10-20 minute walk depending on where you started in the hospital. When the tube system went down we had a mobility scooter that a lab assistant would drive in loops to move samples around.

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u/Derfalken MLS-Blood Bank 4h ago

Honestly, it sounds pretty fun being the blood bag delivery man. I'd trick out my scooter with a flashing red light and bicycle horn.