Being a retired RN, I can tell you the dangers of microwaving blood. Blood comes from the lab, is signed out by a lab personnel and a nursing personnel and in most cases is to be IN the patient in 2 hours. When it is not is when l] the patient is in fluid overload, 2] the only needle that can be gotten into a vein is small, ie a 20 or a 22, an l8 is what is needed for blood to flow fast. Some people used to put it in the microwave to warm it up, since it does not flow as fast cold and is uncomfortable. What those nurses did not understand, is that the center of the bag of blood is much hotter than the outside. So the blood in the middle was near boiling, and when it mixed with the rest, being carried to the patient's bedside, it was too hot, plus the proteins were cooked. Same thing happened with my Dilbert ex-son in law. My daughter told him that small bottles of baby food are to be heated up 25 seconds, and assumed [we all know what that means] that he knew to stir it. So he burned the baby's mouth. Physics. Susie ----- Original Message ----- From: Deborah Gerard To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:04 PM Subject: CS>Microwaves
Good post V...there is also a lawsuit against a hospital for killing a woman after microwaving blood that was to be given her, to warm it up apparently it changed the composition or something and killed her convinced me big time with just that alone to tose mine out the window with no looking back.....debbie
