Protocol for patients who refuse blood
Maternity & Gynaecology Guidelines
AIM OF THE GUIDELINE
1.1 To protect the rights of patients, adults and children, in respect of their refusal to be treated with blood or blood products.
1.2 To enable clinicians to feel confident in their approach to treating patients as is clinically necessary, unless there is a specific and clear refusal of consent.
1.3 To protect clinical practitioners and the organisation from unnecessary confrontation and perhaps costly litigation by outlining the procedure to be followed.