Blood transfusion and Normal saline bag.

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At this forum, there are lots of discussion about blood transfusion and normal saline bag.

Some nurses never use normal saline to prime the infusion line, as they use blood to prime the line.

Other nurses use normal saline to keep the vein open.

Certainly normal saline can be used to flush the line after blood transfusion finishes.

Could anyone please explain some other functions of normal saline bag used in blood transfusion?

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Specializes in Adult Primary Care.

What do you think?

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Where I worked in a LTACH setting, we were required to prime with a NSS bag and then use it to flush at the end of the transfusion. I agree with this practice, because although it would be a very small amount, no blood is wasted and goes directly to the patient.

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19 hours ago, AnnieNP said:

What do you think?

As you have 20 years working experience , you are welcome to join the discussion. If you are an infusion specialist, your participation would be a bonus to the forum.

Please show us your confidence.

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5 hours ago, Nursing Au said:

As you have 20 years working experience , you are welcome to join the discussion. If you are an infusion specialist, your participation would be a bonus to the forum.

Please show us your confidence.

I am a school nurse, but I have many years of acute care behind me. I sometimes read hospital clinical posts on AllNurses just to learn and see if my past experiences are outdated or still current.

This is the second post of yours today that I have read, where you appear to be "testing" the experience of others by asking a question.

So I am curious - what is your deal? Are you a student or are you a nurse? Are you working, and in what setting? Are you really asking to learn, and if yes, why do you question the responses you get? Or do you truly just not understand the responses?

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2 hours ago, linda1959 said:

I am a school nurse, but I have many years of acute care behind me. I sometimes read hospital clinical posts on AllNurses just to learn and see if my past experiences are outdated or still current.

This is the second post of yours today that I have read, where you appear to be "testing" the experience of others by asking a question.

So I am curious - what is your deal? Are you a student or are you a nurse? Are you working, and in what setting? Are you really asking to learn, and if yes, why do you question the responses you get? Or do you truly just not understand the responses?

There are more of these posts and I would be curious to know what the deal is too.

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To Linda:

You are welcome to share your clinical expertise with others regarding certain functions of normal saline bag used in blood transfusion.

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On 4/17/2019 at 7:33 AM, Nursing Au said:

As you have 20 years working experience , you are welcome to join the discussion. If you are an infusion specialist, your participation would be a bonus to the forum.

Please show us your confidence.

As you are a nursing student, tell us your thoughts and we will tell you if you are looking in the right direction. I seen many of your posts and it seems as if you are looking at homework help. We don't mind to assist, but let us know your thoughts so that we know best how to assist

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On 4/18/2019 at 7:42 PM, Hoosier_RN said:

As you are a nursing student, tell us your thoughts and we will tell you if you are looking in the right direction. I seen many of your posts and it seems as if you are looking at homework help. We don't mind to assist, but let us know your thoughts so that we know best how to assist

Please check whether it is homework.

Would you like to try the above homework?

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On 4/15/2019 at 3:21 AM, Nursing Au said:

At this forum, there are lots of discussion about blood transfusion and normal saline bag.

Some nurses never use normal saline to prime the infusion line, as they use blood to prime the line.

Other nurses use normal saline to keep the vein open.

Certainly normal saline can be used to flush the line after blood transfusion finishes.

Could anyone please explain some other functions of normal saline bag used in blood transfusion?

Why are you testing the members of this forum?

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Could you please provide more info as to what you are doing with this info? Thanks.

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The post aims to open discussion, improve quality of care and promote patient safety.

If you have good working experience, you are more than welcome to join the discussion.

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