Prevention of Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions (Immune)

Prevention of acute intravascular hemolytic transfusion reactions is only possible:

• with careful, comprehensive identification of the patient at the bedside at the time of collection of the blood samples for pretransfusion testing and
• with careful comprehensive identification of the patient and the donor unit immediately prior to initiating the transfusion.
• Polices and procedures that prevent misidentification of the patient and/or donor unit must be in place in the hospital nursing manual and must be strictly adhered to.

Likewise policies and procedures that prevent misidentification of the patient's sample during blood grouping must be in place in the hospital transfusion service and must be strictly adhered to.