Group And Screen June 2025 Update

Re: Group and Screens

1. Confirm with blood bank whether they need a group and screen, or an ABO verification. Even if they only say they need one sample, that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily an ABOv. Clarify which.

2. If it is a group & screen: use the epic G&S order and request the nurses to click "collect" in addition to printing the label.

3. If it is an ABO verification: send a green sheet with ABOv, blood with a patient label, the time you collected the specimen (NO EPIC ORDER)

4. If blood bank needs both samples, do both steps 2 and 3.

They reassure me that they have reminded everyone down there that green sheets are being accepted for ABO verification.

(For what it’s worth, ABO verification orders exist in epic, but they seem to only be able to be ordered / released by certain people in certain situations, and have been rejected quite frequently these past few weeks. That’s why the green sheet is being used)