Basics of Ordeing Bloods, Investigations, Clinics and Referrals

👉🏼 Order -> "Routine" ("Phelebotomist list"; "No" to "nurse collect"; "0800")

👉🏼 Includes: FBC, CRP, LFTs, U and E, Bone Profile, Magnesium

👉🏼 Most surgical patient require daily bloods (this includes putting out bloods for the weekend)

👉🏼 Ensure bloods are on the phlebotomist list before 0800 as they are often rejected by phelebotomists after this

👉🏼 Order -> "Cross Match" -> Print Requisition Form + Phone Lab + Inform ward nurses to ensure blood released

👉🏼 Crucial when planning for potential blood transfusion during surgical procedures

👉🏼 Tests the compatability of patient's blood and donor blood to prevent transfusion reactions

👉🏼 Particularly important in surgeries where significant blood loss is anticipated or for patients with low Hb levels

👉🏼 Order -> "Group and Save" -> Print Requisition Form

👉🏼 Determining the patient's blood type and Rh factor and storing this information for future blood transfusion

👉🏼 It is a preemptive step in case urgent blood transfusion is needed during or after surgery