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Section A, Part I: The Transfusion Service
Includes transportation times, patient record, service agreement, physician consultation, Blood Center Fee Schedule and CPT Codes.

Section A, Part II: Request for Blood and Blood Components Form
Includes Request for Blood and Blood Components Form example and instructions; allowable special attributes for each blood component.

Section A, Part III: Compatibility Sample Draw
Includes compatibility sample draw overview; patient identification; labeling samples; drawing samples; transporting samples; materials required.

Section A, Part IV: Red Blood Cells
Includes non-emergency red blood cell ordering; emergency red blood cell ordering; ordering red blood cells; crossmatched blood; uncrossmatched blood.

Section A, Part V: Platelets
Includes ordering platelets (pooled and apheresis); HLA-Matched Community Donors; Family Donor Matched Apheresis Platelets.

Section A, Part VI: Other Components
Includes ordering Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP); FFP Pooled; Cryo-Poor Plasma Pooled; FFP Pedi Units; Cryoprecipitate (Cryo); Granulocytes (Neutrophils); Factor Concentrates; Obstetrical (OB) Hemorrhage Pack; VZIG (Varicella Zoster Immune Globulin).

Section A, Part VII: Pediatric
Includes compatibility blood sample size requirements; infant protocol; Whole Blood and Full Size Red Blood Cells CPD Units; Red Blood Cells Divided Pedi Pack Ordering; Red Blood Cells Divided Assigned Aliquots (Assigned Pediatric Aliquots); Red Blood Cells Resuspended; Pediatric Ordering – Other Components.

Section A, Part VIII: Ordering Autologous or Directed Donations
Includes ordering autologous red blood cells; ordering directed donations; examples of required forms.

Section A, Part IX: Out of Hospital Transfusion
Includes setting up a service agreement; Out of Hospital Compatibility Sample Draw; sample transport; transfusion administration; component storage and return; biohazard waste; hospitals distributing blood directly to outpatient agencies.

Section B, Part I: Venous Access and Equipment for Transfusion
Includes venous access; filters; blood administration sets; blood warmers; infusion devices; external pressure devices; blood pressure cuffs.

Section B, Part III: Patient Preparation and Transfusion Documentation
Includes informed consent; compatibility sample draw for components containing significant numbers of Red Blood Cells; patient assessment; patient education.

Section B, Part IV: The Transfusion Report
Includes transfusion report examples and explanations.

Section B, Part V: Bag Labels
Includes component identification labels; autologous blood unit label and tie-on-tag; directed donation unit label and tie-on-tag; special processing/attributes labels; leukocytes reduced; irradiation stickers; cytomegalovirus, CMV (test negative); washed; other labels / tags; imported units.

Section B, Part VI: Administering Blood and Components
Includes inspection of blood and blood components; labeling; integrity of unit; appearance; Red Blood Cells; Platelets; Plasma; Cryoprecipitate; Granulocytes (Neutrophils); Factor Concentrates.