NAC442.044. Additional blood samples: Infant receiving extended care; blood transfusions.

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1. Each hospital in which an infant receives care for more than 15 consecutive days shall take a second blood sample from the infant before the infant is discharged from that hospital.

2. A blood sample must be taken from any infant, regardless of age, who requires an additive blood transfusion or a partial or complete exchange blood transfusion before the transfusion is begun. A second blood sample must be taken from the infant between the 3rd and 7th day after the transfusion is completed.

(Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 10-23-87)

                    
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