A separate container is required for this test.
For Blood Group and Antibody Screen collected on Northern Health's EMR:
Sample label and EMR admission must have THREE points of corresponding identification:
- Full name,
- Hospital UR number,
- Date of birth
If the patient’s name is truncated on the pretransfusion sample EMR label, either:
- Handwrite the full name on the tube; OR
- Attach the small patient bradma containing the full name (alongside EMR label) to ensure that the patient’s full name matches.
All samples for testing in the blood bank MUST have the Date of Collection (DD/MM/YY), Time of Collection and EMR login of the collector on the specimen label.
All 3 points of patient ID, and collection date, time and EMR login must be IDENTICAL to those recorded on EMR when marking the sample as collected.
For Blood Group and Antibody Screen collected using a paper request:
Sample label and Requests must have THREE points of corresponding identification:
- Full name,
- Hospital UR number,
- Date of birth
All samples for testing in the blood bank MUST have the Date of Collection (DD/MM/YY), Time of Collection and Signature or Initials of the collector on the specimen label.
The patient ID and collection date, time and signature must be IDENTICAL to those on the Declaration of the request form.
The request slip MUST be sent with the sample.
Extended Group and Hold testing is only available to outpatients or pre-admission patients who have not been transfused or pregnant in the previous three month, and have not previously had an adverse reaction to a blood product. The transfusion, pregnancy and adverse reaction history must also be recorded on the appropriate area on the request slip for patient to be eligible.
Samples not meeting the above requirements will be discarded. Blood Bank enforces a zero tolerance policy and no exceptions will be made.
See PROMPT (Pathology Specimen Collection - Culture / Gas / Tissue) for further details |