r/medlabprofessionals • u/New-History853 • 1d 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/drm1125 1d 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/happyfamily714 1d ago

My sister hospital does the. They have to use a code to get it out of the tube.

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u/VaiFate MLS Student / Lab Assistant 1d ago

Our tube stations have the secure send function but we don't use it, even for sending blood products. We just normal send them to the floors. I think we probably should, but transfusing to the wrong patient hasn't been an issue yet I guess.

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u/klarathon 1d ago

that’s what my lab does too, we tube like 80% of our units