Q1. What colour blood tube is used for a 
  Q1. What colour blood tube is used for a 
       group and cross match sample? 
       group and cross match sample? 
                                          Purple
              Red                         Purple
               Red
                                           Grey
              Pink                         Grey
              Pink
                              
                              
   Q2. What documentation should be with you 
   Q2. What documentation should be with you 
    when taking  a transfusion blood sample? 
    when taking  a transfusion blood sample? 
                                         Patients completed 
                                         Patients completed 
             Patients blood 
             Patients blood              transfusion request 
                                         transfusion request 
             therapy chart
              therapy chart                    form
                                               form
                                           Patients TPR and 
          Patients case notes              Patients TPR and 
          Patients case notes             prescription chart
                                           prescription chart
                                  
                                  
       Q3. “Labelling of sample” errors 
       Q3. “Labelling of sample” errors 
                usually happen because:
                usually happen because:
                                                       The patient had somebody 
            The request form was not                      else’s wristband on
                checked correctly
             The patient identification                 The patient was awkward
                 was not checked
                                              
                                              
      Q4. Transfusion blood samples have to be:
      Q4. Transfusion blood samples have to be:
           Collected by the Doctor and           Collected and labelled by the 
           labelled by the Nurse at the           same person at the Nursing 
                site of collection                          station
         Collected and labelled by the          Collected and labelled by the 
          same person at the site of             same person from the case 
                  collection                               notes
                                           
                                           
   Q5. If you are taking a blood sample and the 
   Q5. If you are taking a blood sample and the 
     patient is unconscious or cannot tell you 
     patient is unconscious or cannot tell you 
            their name, what should you do?
            their name, what should you do?
                Refuse to take a                  Ask the patient next door 
                Refuse to take a                   Ask the patient next door 
                     sample                              who they are
                     sample                              who they are
             Take the identification 
             Take the identification              Take the identification 
                                                  Take the identification 
              information from the 
              information from the                 information from the 
                                                   information from the 
                   wristband
                    wristband                          medical notes
                                                       medical notes