N.J. Admin. Code § 8:8-9.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:8-9.4 - Urgent requirement for blood and blood components

(a) Urgent requirements for blood are situations in which delay in provision of blood may unduly jeopardize the patient, therefore, blood may be issued before completion of routine tests.

(b) The following standards shall apply to urgent situations:

1. Recipients whose ABO group and Rh type have been determined by the transfusing facility without reliance on previous records may receive type-specific blood before required tests have been completed.

2. Recipients whose ABO group is not known shall receive type O red blood cells.

3. The record shall contain a statement of the requesting physician indicating that the clinical situation was sufficiently urgent to require release of blood before completion of required testing and shall include the written or validated electronic signature of the requesting physician.

4. The tag or label shall indicate in a conspicuous fashion that required testing had not been completed at the time of issue.

5. Required tests shall be completed promptly.

6. The identification number required in 8:8-9.1 and 8:8-10.1 shall be traceable.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:8-9.4

Recodified from 8:8-8.3 by R.1989 d.246, effective 5/15/1989.
See: 21 N.J.R. 407(a), 21 N.J.R. 1412(a).
Recodified from 8:8-9.3 and amended by R.1994 d.350, effective 8/1/1994.
See: 26 N.J.R. 1057(a), 26 N.J.R. 3171(a).
Amended by R.2005 d.283, effective 10/3/2005.
See: 36 N.J.R. 4261(a), 37 N.J.R. 3815(a).
In rule heading, added "and blood components"; in (b), added "group" following "ABO" and substituted "Rh type" for "D types" in 1, substituted "group" for "type" in 2, rewrote 3, and substituted "shall" for "should" in 5.