The patient is to receive 1 unit of packed 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 CT scan and is expected to return in about an hour.What should the nurse do?

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Initiate the blood transfusion within 30 minutes of the time of release from the blood bank.If you cannot do this 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 you can administer it.

The Patient Is to Receive 1 Unit of Packed RBCs