Blood Transfusion

[Suzeee]

Why is blood bag covered during blood transfusion? Is there any reaction of light in the clotting process of blood?

I need answer aa soon aa possible. I have exam tomorrow. Please help!!

[Wuzzie]

Never have I ever covered blood that I'm transfusing.

[MamaBeaRN]

I've never seen blood covered. If anything, I'm thinking just in case the pt is queasy about blood?

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

Nipride? Yes

Blood? Never seen it

[Luckyyou, BSN, RN]

Off the top of my head, I can think of Levo, clevidipine, nipride and linezolid that we keep covered. Never blood. And I work in a cardiothoracic surgery ICU, we give a LOT of blood.

[brownbook]

All I can think of is a pressure bag on a unit of blood that looks as if the bag is covered. But that makes no sense in regards to a test?

[Tenebrae, BSN, RN]

Never seen it

And perhaps if its really that urgent to get an answer for, leaving it the night before your exam is not that prudent

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

Nope, blood isn't on the list of things we covered when I worked in the hospital. TPN and certain chemo drugs. But never blood.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Moved to nursing student assistance

[Have Nurse, ADN, RN]

I have hung many bags in my career of blood. It is never covered, that I know of. Some medications that are hung are light sensitive, but not blood.

[maxrand]

As many people mentioned already, blood units are not typically covered, unless you are running them with a pressure bag for faster infusion.

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

It would appear that OP is from Nepal based on posting history. Perhaps it is a cultural thing rather than an evidence based thing? Or a mistranslation and the question truly is asking about a pressure bag.