Blood transfusions are used to save our lives and there are many errors that can occur and potentially harm people’s lives. The most common blood transfusion error has to do with negligence of the nurses themselves. These mistakes could include blood samples that are being mislabeled for another patient, blood being ordered for wrong patient, and wrong samples taken from the wrong patient (Lippi & Plebani, 2011). The errors that occur in the health field can lead back to the wrong process in identifying the patient. As with any test the five rights are to be obtained before administration of any medication and or blood, or they may need to have signed consent, and they need to properly identify the patient in order to safely administer the
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In January 1, 2016, the Joint Commission had put together patient safety goals that hospitals must obtain to in order to maintain or to get their accreditation. The goals were nationally followed and allowed for a more united way of preventing errors in the hospital. The first goal had to do with improving the accuracy of patient identification, eliminating transfusion errors that are associated with patient misidentification (The Joint Commission, 2016). Many processes have been included into the pre-transfusion check list to prevent errors. The patient must state his or her name, birth of date, and if known their medical record number. After those checklists are obtained the blood is next. Two health care professionals must check and confirm that the blood matches the identification number on the patient’s orders, the blood type must match the patients, and the expiration must be checked (Heddle, et al., …show more content…
Everyone in the nursing staff must receive formal training in the pre-transfusion checking process. There are many different teaching methods that are offered to make sure everyone is obtaining the knowledge they need to ensure safety of their patients. Online learning is a method that is offered and it will consist of different electronic teaching modules and after each module a test will be given and a passing grade is required to move on to the next module. Then there is corporate-level training which is another method that new nurses will attend at the time they are hired which will include lecture and will cover different methods and protocols that will need to be followed. Lastly is on the job training and this will consist of one-on-one teaching of the overall transfusion process by an experienced nurse or educator. This on the job training was considered the most efficient method of teaching training because it is a hands on process that consists of only two people rather than a large group. This allowed for the new nurse get obtain a better handle and understanding of the overall concept of the transfusion process and protocol (Heddle, et al.,
In January 1, 2016, the Joint Commission had put together patient safety goals that hospitals must obtain to in order to maintain or to get their accreditation. The goals were nationally followed and allowed for a more united way of preventing errors in the hospital. The first goal had to do with improving the accuracy of patient identification, eliminating transfusion errors that are associated with patient misidentification (The Joint Commission, 2016). Many processes have been included into the pre-transfusion check list to prevent errors. The patient must state his or her name, birth of date, and if known their medical record number. After those checklists are obtained the blood is next. Two health care professionals must check and confirm that the blood matches the identification number on the patient’s orders, the blood type must match the patients, and the expiration must be checked (Heddle, et al., …show more content…
Everyone in the nursing staff must receive formal training in the pre-transfusion checking process. There are many different teaching methods that are offered to make sure everyone is obtaining the knowledge they need to ensure safety of their patients. Online learning is a method that is offered and it will consist of different electronic teaching modules and after each module a test will be given and a passing grade is required to move on to the next module. Then there is corporate-level training which is another method that new nurses will attend at the time they are hired which will include lecture and will cover different methods and protocols that will need to be followed. Lastly is on the job training and this will consist of one-on-one teaching of the overall transfusion process by an experienced nurse or educator. This on the job training was considered the most efficient method of teaching training because it is a hands on process that consists of only two people rather than a large group. This allowed for the new nurse get obtain a better handle and understanding of the overall concept of the transfusion process and protocol (Heddle, et al.,