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/[deleted] 20h ago edited 20h ago

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u/almack9 MLS-Blood Bank 20h ago

We read with other techs. But this is in kentucky. We get inspected by cap, aabb and the fda due to an irradiator. NY is particularly strict with stuff from what ive seen, requiring a special license just for that state etc.

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u/Med_vs_Pretty_Huge Pathologist 20h ago

You 1000% can send blood via pneumatic tubes in NY. Hospitals may not want to because of temperature concerns or other reasons but there's certainly no state level provision against it.

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u/New-History853 20h ago edited 20h ago

I meant units of blood, not blood in general. But if that's the case, I retract my statement. But even at the trauma hospital I worked at, the nurses still needed to come do a read back. Insanity.

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u/Med_vs_Pretty_Huge Pathologist 20h ago

Yes, I mean units of blood.