Use of blood, blood products and blood substitutes SOPs should contain:
- Information which must accompany a request for blood.
- How to calculate the volume of blood to use, particularly when the patient is a child.
- Identity checks and documentation required when collecting blood from a patient, from the blood bank and before setting up a blood transfusion at the bedside of a patient.
- Procedure to follow when a patient is being transfused and what action to take should there be an adverse reaction to the blood.
- System for auditing how blood is used.
Donation of blood SOPs should contain:
- Criteria for accepting a person as a blood donor and details of medical screen and pretesting procedures.
- Questionnaire to be used with potential donors covering personal medical history and life style.
- Policy and procedure for counselling donors with regard to HIV screening, testing and maintaining the confidentiality of blood donor information.
- Details of how to collect blood from a donor.
- Labelling donor blood.
- Care of the donor following donation and frequency of donation.
- Special requirements of mobile blood donation and transportation of blood.
- Blood donation records.
Storage of blood SOPs should contain:
- Temperature requirement, checking and recording the temperature of the blood bank refrigerator.
- Sectioning of refrigerator and location of prescreened, screened, and crossmatched blood.
- Procedure for checking the appearance of blood for signs of contamination before it is issued and documentation checks to be performed.
- Blood bank records.
- Locally important procedures, pertaining to the use and security of a blood bank refrigerator.
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