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Through this line, you receive healthy blood. The procedure usually takes 1 to 4 hours. The time depends on how much blood you need and what part of the blood you receive. During the blood transfusion, a nurse carefully watches you, especially for the first 15 minutes. This is when allergic reactions are most likely to occur. The nurse continues to watch you during the rest of the procedure as well.
We get a lot of blood transfusion patients to our med/surg floor. Many are coming in just for the blood and then D/C. In fact, some are complaining that on our unit, we run the blood in too slow, as they get each unit over 2 hours at the other outpatient clinic.. Assuming a unit is about 300 ml, that's 150ml/hr! Most of the time the docs are not writing in how fast to give the blood, so it is at the RN's discretion.I am uncomfortable with 150ml/hr, unless the MD says it's okay to run it in fast.