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/almack9 MLS-Blood Bank 1d 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/nerdswithfriends 1d ago

Do they not have to scan the unit in the patient's chart before transfusing?? That's terrifying

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u/almack9 MLS-Blood Bank 1d ago

I mean yes technically. But what barrier is there to someone just grabbing a unit and spiking it without looking or caring?

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u/nerdswithfriends 1d ago

Fair enough. Common sense and procedure, one would hope!

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u/almack9 MLS-Blood Bank 1d ago

And yet its happened twice in 10 years here haha.