Section 442.044 - Additional blood samples: Infant receiving extended care; blood transfusions1. Each hospital in which an infant receives extended care shall take: (a) A first blood sample from the infant upon admission to that hospital and before any blood products are administered to the infant;(b) A second blood sample not earlier than 48 hours but not later than 72 hours after the infant is admitted to that hospital; and(c) A third blood sample 28 days after the infant is admitted to that hospital or, if the infant is discharged less than 28 days after the infant is admitted to that hospital, before the infant is discharged from that hospital.2. If an additive blood transfusion or a partial or complete exchange blood transfusion is performed before a blood sample is drawn pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1, a fourth blood sample must be taken from the infant 120 days after the transfusion is completed.Nev. Admin. Code § 442.044
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 10-23-87; A by R088-20A, eff. 3/30/2022