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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.
Platelet Transfusion Rate. 0 I'm looking for some good resources on platelet administration, I think our policy needs to be revised, so I'd like to have some good resources to back up any suggestions. Our current policy states to give over 10 minutes. We have a pt. that has been getting frequent transfusions and had a reaction when it was infused over 10 minutes. There has been lots of debate over how rapidly they should be infused. I believe he's been getting them at 400 ml/hr.