Transfusion Medicine

What we do

The Transfusion Medicine Department is part of the Laboratory Medicine Directorate in St. James’s Hospital and provides Blood and Blood Products for hospital in-patients. We also perform blood tests including ABO / Rh typing, Antibody screens, Direct Coombs Tests and cold agglutinin screens. We operate 24 hours a day with an on-call service outside of routine hours.

For information in regard to the test repertoire offered, sample types required, reference ranges and test turnaround times, please see the LabMed User Guide

Blood Products for St. James Hospital in-patients must be ordered via the Electronic Patient Record (E.P.R.). For instructions on using E.P.R. see PARIS / EPR System – Quick Reference Guide at Publications / Manuals on the St James’s Intranet. 

For policies and guidelines relating to blood and blood product use, as well as the Maximum Surgical Blood Ordering schedule, see Clinical Departments / Labmed / BloodTransfusion on the St. James's Intranet. 

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