Blood Specifications Timeframe before available Collection Details Component for transfusion Red Blood Cells Emergency O Immediately Send staff straight to Blood Bank (BB) with Negative Phone blood bank Collection of Blood Uncrossmatched Box Hill 9895 3487 – Products form. Maroondah 9871 3575 – N.B. Blood Bank must be Angliss 9764 6136 – notified which patient received the blood after transfusion is completed. Crossmatched- ~45 minutes Send to BB with Collection of Blood Urgent (urgent specimens only) Products form. Group and hold sample required. Crossmatched- Within 3 hours Non-urgent Group and hold sample required. Crossmatched ~10-30 minutes If valid group and hold is available Please note that if antibodies are present then the timeframe for availability of blood can increase significantly. FFP (Plasma) FFP and ~20 minutes for emergency issue Send staff to BB with Collection of Blood cryoprecipitate AB FFP/Cryoprecipitate and Products form. require thawing Cryoprecipitate before issue. for blood group ~30 minutes (EHP historical record) ~60 minutes for unknown blood group and requires group and hold sample. Platelets is a limited If platelets are ordered from the supply of platelets then allow ~2 hours for available in the BB at supply. BHH.
Blood Component Specifications Timeframe before available for transfusion Collection Details Red Blood Cells Emergency O Negative Uncrossmatched Immediately Phone blood bank Box Hill – 9895 3487 Maroondah – 9871 3575 Angliss – 9764 6136 Send staff straight to Blood Bank (BB) with Collection of Blood Products form. N.B. Blood Bank must be notified which patient received the blood after transfusion is completed. Crossmatched- Urgent Group and hold sample required. ~45 minutes (urgent specimens only) Send to BB with Collection of Blood Products form. Crossmatched- Non-urgent Group and hold sample required. Within 3 hours Crossmatched If valid group and hold is available ~10-30 minutes Please note that if antibodies are present then the timeframe for availability of blood can increase significantly. FFP (Plasma) and Cryoprecipitate FFP and cryoprecipitate require thawing before issue. ~20 minutes for emergency issue AB FFP/Cryoprecipitate ~30 minutes for blood group (EHP historical record) ~60 minutes for unknown blood group and requires group and hold sample. Send staff to BB with Collection of Blood Products form. Platelets is a limited supply of platelets available in the BB at BHH. If platelets are ordered from the then allow ~2 hours for supply.
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