hanging blood with the wrong fluids

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last night was a crazy night on a busy med-surg floor. i work 2nd shift and hung a unit of blood half an hour before my shift ended. they called me today to inform me that i hung the blood with the pt's ordered fluids of d51/2nss. i realize that this is an error as blood is only to be hung with nss. i am curious how serious of an error it is though. i hung the blood at 10:30pm, and the next shift came on at 11pm. the blood completed infusion at 1:30am the next morning. i am hoping they noticed and switched it to nss before the blood completed infusion. any input would be greatly appreciated.

On 1/26/2022 at 1:03 PM, HopefulCRNA2022 said:

What would be the cause of death if D5W and blood were given together? 

Old age? Eventually?

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