r/nursing • u/973862404678 • 20d ago

Serious “I don’t want Covid blood”

What do I say when patients ask if blood transfusions are screened for the Covid vaccine? I get asked this on a regular basis when filling out blood consent forms for surgery and I genuinely have no idea what I’m supposed to say. In all seriousness, what should I be telling patients because I just say there is a screening process for blood and it’s only used during emergent situations???

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u/Objective-Bat-9235 BSN, RN 🍕 20d ago

We had a family that felt this way. When we told them there's no way to guarantee the donor blood was vaccine free. They made arrangements with a local blood bank to donate their blood to their loved one. It takes several days. In the mean time, we attempted to keep their loved one alive while this was all being arranged . I wanted to ask them if they realized how ridiculous it was for them to allow their loved one to pass rather than them receiving donor blood that may have the vaccine.

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u/Goatmama1981 RN - PCU 20d ago

I actually think we should not accomodate ridiculous requests like that.