Blood to BLOOD BANK

All PINK top tubes that are sent to blood bank

must have two signatures verifying right
patient, right orders, and right orders.
These tubes should not be sent to lab, Blood
Bank only!
These test include: Type and Screen, Type and
Cross, ABORh/Ab testing (Any Blood Typing).
Please see Blood Tube Education and sign
competency after reading.
Specimen Collection
All specimens should have patient sticker, if/when
orders are placed, Lab Zebra label should be placed
over top of the white patient label.
Verify patient labels against order labels and note same
Name, DOB, and MRN.
When labeling: hold the blood tube cap in LEFT hand,
place label just below cap, reading label Left to Right.
Only one patients specimens/stickers should be sent to
lab or blood back at one time. No catching rides in
the same biohazard bag.
Policies and procedures can be reviewed for collection
and labeling on HUB.


Patient Identifiers
Patient name (1)
Patient DOB (2)
Verify MRN (3)
If no ID band, acceptable to ask family (4) but
should have CTA obtain and place on patient.
We need to check as least 2 identifiers
Verify information on Lab Zebra label matches
patient labels and patient ID band