9 July 2024 (Tuesday) - Redeeming Myself

After yesterday’s little balls-up I thought I’d better see if I might redeem myself. I was presented with two cases:

 

68506 – a fifty-nine year-old woman in theatre requiring two units of blood for tomorrow.

She grouped as A Rh(D) Positive with a negative antibody screen.

I issued two units of A Rh(D) Positive blood.

  

54326 – a seventy-nine year-old woman with haematemesis also requiring two units of blood tomorrow.

She grouped as B Rh(D) Positive also with a negative antibody screen.

I issued two units of B Rh(D) Positive blood.

 

I got the green light. I suppose if nothing else this made me sit up and take notice about one feature of the software – to which patient the units are being allocated.