General question......at our hospital we hang NS with blood when administering it to patients. Is this a common practice in other hospitals or do other hospitals not hang any IVF with blood?
IVRUS, BSN, RN 1,049 Posts Specializes in Vascular Access. Has 32 years experience. Dec 11, 2008 General question......at our hospital we hang NS with blood when administering it to patients. Is this a common practice in other hospitals or do other hospitals not hang any IVF with blood?Normal Saline Solution (NSS) is the ONLY solution that should be hung with Blood and it frequently is used to pre-prime the filter and purge the IV tubing, using a "Y" set. D5W should not be used as it causes hemolysis of cells and LR combines with citrate {which is added to blood} to cause concerns with calcium concentrations in the body. So, yes, it is common to use NSS with blood. DD
suzy253, RN 3,815 Posts Specializes in Telemetry/Med Surg. Dec 11, 2008 Yes, we hang NS when administering blood products.
RedhairedNurse, BSN, RN 1,060 Posts Specializes in Med Surg, Ortho. Dec 11, 2008 Yes, common where I work as well.
NewRN2008, ASN, RN 573 Posts Specializes in Ortho; Gyn; Urology; HBOT; Emergent. Has 8 years experience. Dec 13, 2008 Ns Only-h-rn
