Administering Blood

For more details, please refer to the “TRANSFUSION PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PERSONNEL” by the National Blood Centre and the Ministry of Health Malaysia.

4.1 Return of Unused Blood/ Blood Component

  1. Unused blood/blood component must be returned to Transfusion Medicine Unit accompanying with ‘Borang Pemulangan Darah Yang Tidak Digunakan’ within 12hours after releasing.
  2. However, the temperature of the blood must be kept within 20C to 80C at all the time. The temperature of the blood bag must be monitored closely starting from releasing from transfusion medicine unit, storing at the ward and sending back to the laboratory.

4.2 Return of Used Blood or Remnants of Blood

  1. Blood discontinued for any reason must not be used again and must be returned to Transfusion Medicine Unit as soon as possible.
  2. Details of transfusion and reasons for discontinuing the transfusion must be stated on transfusion tag and all discontinued blood must be labeled as “USED BLOOD” before it is returned to laboratory.

4.3 Return of Used Blood Bag

Upon completion of blood transfusion, the ward staff must ensure that the tag attached to each bag of blood component is filled completely and returned to Transfusion Medicine Unit together with the blood bag.

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