On admission to the preoperative area, the client who is scheduled for a hip replacement tells the nurse that she has made three autologous blood donations for this surgery in the past 5 weeks. What is the nurse's best action?
A. Check the client's international normalized ratio (INR).
B. Call the laboratory to ensure that the blood is physically available at the operating facility.
C. Ensure that the client has given consent to receive blood if a transfusion is neces-sary.
D. Inform the client that an autologous transfusion does not eliminate her risk for the development of bloodborne diseases.
B
Many hospitals or surgical centers do not initially process autologous blood collections. Any donated blood must be in the facility where the surgery will take place before the client under-goes the planned surgical procedure.
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