Blood Transfusion 🩸

Center for Advanced Medicine, R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center
450 Lakeville Road, Entrance B
Lake Success, NY 11042
Tel: (516)734-8888
Fax: (516)734-8861

Required Documents

• Transfusion Consent Form (good for 1 year)
• Transfusion Order Form
  • Date = date of transfusion, NOT today’s date
• Script for blood transfusion
• Script for type and cross
  • Double type and cross if first time transfusion at CFAM
  • No type and cross needed if
    • Platelet transfusion
    • AND type and cross done within 6 months(?)
• CBC
• Patient demo

Scheduling blood transfusion

• Call CFAM blood bank at 516-734-8888
• If provided transfusion date is acceptable, fax required documents to 516-734-8881
• Transfusion schedulers will need to obtain manager approval for sooner transfusion dates.