The patient is to receive 1 unit of packed red blood cells (RBCs).The nurse obtains the blood from the blood bank and returns to the unit to find that the patient has been taken to radiology for a computed tomography (CT)scan and is expected to return in about an hour.What should the nurse do?
A)Go to radiology and administer the blood.
B)Keep the blood refrigerated until the patient returns.
C)Return the blood to the blood bank.
D)Hang the blood in the patient's room and start it when the patient returns.

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Initiate the blood transfusion within 30 minutes of the time of release from the blood bank.If the blood cannot be started because the patient is in the bathroom or the physician has to be notified of an elevated temperature,immediately return the blood to the blood bank,and retrieve it when it can be administered.

The Patient Is to Receive 1 Unit of Packed Red