Ouestion about Blood Transfusion

[Kaylesh]

I'm a agency nurse .. however most of the hosptials i have been to have the same policy.

Once before starting transfusion.

every 15 min for the first hour.. then every 30 min for a hour then hourly till tranfusion is finished.

And of course more often if needed.

Kaylesh

[adidas99]

Ours is vs before transfusion, then u stay in the room to do v.s q 5 minutes x 3, then at end of transfusion.

[BittyBabyGrower, MSN, RN]

Our hospital policy is....at the start, at 15 minutes then the end. We will do them more often if the patient is unstable.