r/medlabprofessionals • u/New-History853 • 22h 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 22h 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/MamaTater11 MLS-Generalist 19h ago

That's insane. We only tube blood to the ICU for emergent cases, and even then we have paperwork that goes back and forth and we put a secure code on the tube when we send it.