Informed consent for administration of Rh Immune Globulin
A transfusion medicine colleague in the San Fernando Valley (home of the "Valley Girl") would like to know if any hospitals obtain an informed consent for the administration of RhIg? She is asking because their OB educator is pushing for such consent based on an interpretation of information from the Perinatal Advisory Council, Leadership, Advocacy and Consultation site (http://www.PACLAC.org) and discussions within their in-house OB-perinatal educator group. She would also like to know if facilities that obtain such consent use the same form for consenting to blood transfusions, or if they use a different form for RhIg?
Editor's comments:
- I grew up in the San Fernando Valley before attending college and used to be a "Valley Boy".
- Colleagues might find the information at Informed Consent for Transfusion of Blood Components and/or Plasma Derivatives germane to the present discussion.
- When I examined the PACLAC.org site, I could not find any references to the issue of informed consent and RhIg. Does anyone have this information?
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