University of the Philippines Manila The Health Sciences Center COLLEGE OF NURSING WHO Collaborating Center for Leadership in Nursing D evelopment Commission on Higher Education Center of Excellence Sotejo Hall, Pedro Gil St., Ermita, Manila 1000 KEKIM, Ariane Joyce G. (2018 - 08942) Assignment: Student e - Portfolio – Blood Transfusion Assignment 3.1: Blood transfusion for Covid - 19 patients In the news lately particularly in the management of Covid - 19 patients, they are utilizing blood transfusion as one of the treatments. Explain briefly the indication for blood transfusion for this type of patient. Blood plasma f rom people who have developed antibodies to the new coronav irus are being transfused to many COVID - 19 patients in an experim ental treatment calle d convalescent plasma therapy A ccording to a study published i n Augus t 2020, they found that a dministering blood transfusi ons with convalescent plasma within 3 - days had a significant, positive impact on patients with severe cases of COVID - 19 disease. T ransfusion of blood with higher antibody levels to hospit alized COVID - 19 patients significantly reduced mortality compared to transfusions with low antibody levels Right now, convalescent plasma therapy is the only safe antibody treatment for COVID - 19 Assignment 3.2: Blood transfusion error From the initiation and termination of blood transfusion, nurses must strictly adhere to safety measures and protocols. Otherwise, blood transfusion errors may arise that m ay cause harm and death to our patients. I n this activity, click the links provided below: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article - 4034672/Filipina - nurse - killed - pensioner - mixed - patient - gave - wrong - blood - transfusion - facing - jail.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article - 4208476/Flustered - nurse - killed - killed - pensioner - spared - jail.html I know you are surprised about the incident. After reading the news, what are important knowledge that you should have in the care of the client? How will you feel if you are the nurse or the client’s significant others? How could this incident be prevente d? Nursing documenta tion is indeed essential in the practice of patient care A ppropriate documentation should be done provides an accurate reflection of nursing assessments , inter ventions provided and pertinent patient information to support the multidisciplinary team to deliver great care to p atients. In addition, good i nterprofessional collaboration in healthcare helps to prevent these types of medication err ors, and deliver better patient outcomes It would be a shame if this were to happen to the patien t who had a success ful surgery but died because of medication errors. The loved ones would suffer a great l oss an d the nurse wo uld feel excessive guilt for being negligen t Ag ain, a ccurate documentation is needed and i f errors or mix - ups are noticed , it is important to verify all informati on from the patient chart s or ask the members of the healt hcare team before administering an important proc edure like blood transfusions. KEKIM, Ariane Joyce G. (2018 - 08942) Sources: Barriteau, C. M., Bochey, P., Lindholm, P. F., Hartman, K., Sumugod, R., & Ramsey, G. (2020). Blood transfusion utilization in hospitalized COVID ‐ 19 patients . Transfusion. doi:10.1111/trf.15947 Berman, A. Kozier, B., Erb, G. L., Snyder, S., Levett - Jones, T., Dwyer, T., ... Stanley, D. (2016). Kozier and Erb’s fundamentals of nursing: Concepts, process and practice . Melbo urne, Victoria: Pearson Australia. Carlson, R. (2020). Quicker Blood Transfusions Reduce COVID - 19 Disease Mortality . Retrieved November 11, 2020, from https://www.coronavirustoday.com/quicker - blood - transfusions - reduce - covid - 19 - disea se - mortality