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    9 ADMINISTRATION OF BLOOD COMPONENTS Date Issued: January 2006 Date Revised: February 2009 Review Date: January 2011 Authorised by: KEMH and PMH Transfusion Committees. Formula to determine the time required for infusion of blood to be completed Prescribed volume calculated in millilitres x Prescribed minims per millilitre Prescribed drops per minute 60 (minutes in 1 hour) eg 400ml at 40 drops per minute.

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    9 ADMINISTRATION OF BLOOD COMPONENTS Date Issued: January 2006 Date Revised: February 2009 Review Date: January 2011 Authorised by: KEMH and PMH Transfusion Committees. Formula to determine the time required for infusion of blood to be completed Prescribed volume calculated in millilitres x Prescribed minims per millilitre Prescribed drops per minute 60 (minutes in 1 hour) eg 400ml at 40 drops per minute.

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    9 ADMINISTRATION OF BLOOD COMPONENTS

    Date Issued: January 2006 Date Revised: February 2009 Review Date: January 2011 Authorised by: KEMH & PMH Transfusion Committees Review Team: KEMH & PMH Transfusion Committees

    9.6 Calculating a Blood Transfusion Rate Section 9 Transfusion Medicine Protocols Child & Adolescent & Womens & Newborn Health Services Perth Western Australia

    9.6 CALCULATING A BLOOD TRANSFUSION RATE


    GUIDE: 1 drop 20 minims 1 ml = = = 1 minim 1 ml 20 drops

    Formula to determine the time required for infusion of blood to be completed


    Prescribed volume calculated in millilitres x Prescribed minims per millilitre Prescribed drops per minute 60 (minutes in 1 hour) eg 400ml at 40 drops per minute

    Calculated

    400 x 20 simplified 10 x 1 40 60 1 3

    10 3 (3 1/3rd hours) 3 hours 20 minutes

    = =

    Reference: Department of Nursing and Midwifery Education, KEMH. Medication paper for registered nurses and midwives. June 2005

    HTMP 9.6 All guidelines should be read in conjunction with the Disclaimer at the beginning of this manual.

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