Blood transfusion assistant

How much does an Blood transfusion assistant earn

A Blood transfusion assistant earns between $1.267 and $3.779 per month, with an average monthly salary of $1.893 and a median salary of $1.672 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 56.368 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Blood transfusion assistant
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	1.893	22.711	473	10
1º Quartile	1.267	15.201	317	7
Median Salary	1.672	20.060	418	9
3º Quartile	2.882	34.585	721	15
Higher Salary	3.779	45.349	945	20

Professional job categories

Middle level technicians
- middle-level technicians in the biological, biochemical, health sciences
- - technicians of the science of human health
- - - nursing technicians and assistants

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Nursing technicians and assistants they work in hospitals, clinics, social services, or even at home. They are salaried employees, with a formal contract, or work on their own, providing temporary services in clinics or residences. They are organized as a team, working under the permanent supervision of a nurse or another member of the higher-level health team. They work in closed environments and with shifts, or confined in a vessel, in the case of the health assistant (maritime navigation). Exception made to professionals working in family health, who, according to a specific ordinance, work eight hours a day. It is common for them to work under pressure, leading to a stressful situation. In some activities, they may be exposed to biological contamination, toxic material and radiation.

What does it take to work in the field of Nursing technicians and assistants

Admission to technical occupations requires certification of skills or a technical course in nursing (middle level). For nursing assistants, basic education and professional qualification courses are required with a minimum of four hundred class hours, which can reach fifteen hundred. The possibility of continuing the qualification will depend on the completion of high school. Currently, there are technical courses in nursing, organized modularly, with intermediate outputs for the qualification of nursing assistants. The entry requirement for these courses is complete high school, with the philosophy of continuing education, which makes it possible for the assistant to reach the technical level, by completing new modules of professional training.

Functions and activities of Blood transfusion assistant

Nursing technicians and assistants must:

provide patient assistance;

care for the patient;

communicate;

administer prescribed medication;

promoting family health;

administer prescription medication;

providing patient care;

demonstrate personal skills;

working with biosafety and safety;

organize work environment;

care patient;

promote mental health;

perform surgical instrumentation;

give continuity to shifts;

assist technical team in specific procedures;

work with biosafety and security;

working with biosafety and security;

assist the technical team in specific procedures;

promote family health;

provide patient care;

work with biosafety and safety;

perform admission procedures;

Activities

check the sufficiency of equipment, surgical material and compresses;

package sharps for disposal;

inspect cardiopulmonary arrest cart (pcr);

transporting clothes and materials for purge;

identify groups, families and individuals exposed to risks;

providing concurrent and terminal cleaning;

control vaccine administration;

remove patient;

caring for the body after death;

provide consumables;

control water balance;

install induced power;

updating registration information;

check quantity of psychotropic drugs;

perform blood glucose tests;

vaccinating yourself;

prepare patient for medication;

help the patient to eat;

demonstrate understanding;

label medical prescription (bed, name and patient record);

list patient's belongings;

dismiss the sick or injured employee and crew from work;

change position in bed;

check received medications;

forward material for exams;

demarcate behavioral boundaries;

participate in team evaluations;

registering activities in information systems;

recommend disembarkation of sick and injured person;

exchange technical information;

wearing;

call doctor in case of complications;

demonstrate ability to listen;

collect material for exams;

administer chemotherapy products;

contain sharps for disposal;

stimulate patient to express feelings;

check the number of surgical compresses;

tag patient belongings;

to be responsible for all care provided to the enrolled population;

offer bedpan and parrot;

stimulate patient (active and passive movements);

stimulate vesico-intestinal function;

contain patient in bed;

arrange clothes;

carry out disease prevention and curative actions;

get vaccinated;

sterilize instruments;

resolve pending issues (drugs, dressings, exams, referrals, fasting, among others) ;

mark type of contamination of hamper and garbage;

participate in public health campaigns;

perform antisepsis;

watch for temperature and patient reactions in transfusions;

accompany patient in medication intake;

report adverse drug effects to the physician;

check patient and belongings (drugs, alcohol, etc.);

assist the team in invasive procedures;

demonstrate ability to provide humanized care;

use personal protective equipment (ppe);

participate in planning activities;

define territory of action;

check route of administration;

activate security team;

identify users' needs;

perform trichotomy;

record intercurrences and procedures performed;

apply enema (intestinal wash);

care for the body after death;

identify medication to be administered (bed, name and patient record);

follow protocol in case of contamination or accident;

using personal protective equipment (ppe);

disinfect devices and materials;

introduce nasogastric and vesical catheter;

define actions according to local priorities;

check quantity and functionality of material and equipment;

participate in the management of supplies;

serving users in ubs, homes or community spaces;

massage patient;

advise family and patient;

check sterilization result and validity;

demonstrate attention ability;

inspect each patient;

provide linen;

beware of adverse effects of products;

pass instruments to the surgical team;

inspect validity of materials and medicines;

promote comprehensive care;

record events and procedures performed;

wash hands before and after each procedure;

introduce yourself by placing the patient in the environment;

identify partners and resources available in the community;

paramentar-se;

administer incompatible medication separately;

encouraging community participation;

measure patient (weight, height);

demonstrate empathy;

prevent suicide attempts and risk situations;

notify diseases, injuries and situations of local importance;

organizing health promotion groups;

record medication administration;

implement prescribed therapeutic activities;

protect patient during crises;

count the number of compresses, material and instruments before and after surgery;

sanitize patient;

educate family about mental illness;

participate in case discussion;

seal the operating room;

perform tests and exams;

monitor serum and medication administration time;

make personal belongings available to patient (identity preservation);

apply ice pack and wet and dry heat;

replace material in the operating room;

arrange clothes;

interpret skin tests;

supply the team's demands;

remove the patient;

control vital signs;

place side rails on the bed;

preventing against adverse effects of the products;

assist in patient resuscitation;

stimulate patient expression;

protect bony prominences;

install blood products;

mapping area of operation;

record complications and procedures performed;

coordinating the care of users;

conduct patient to social activities;

demonstrate persuasiveness;

vaccinate yourself;

aspirate orotracheal and tracheostomy cannula;

administer incompatible medications separately;

mark type of hamper and garbage contamination;

demonstrate fine motor skills;

perform an active search for local situations;

demonstrate understanding;

forward material to the operating room;

organize medications and materials for patient use and nursing station;

recommend abstaining from decisions during mental breakdown;

check quantity of implant parts;

position electric scalpel plate;

request the presence of other professionals in the surgical center;

position patient for surgery;

organize medications and materials for patient and nursing use;

changing dressings;

make beds;

punch venous access;

inspect facilities and workers;

give lectures;

monitor patient progress;

prepare prescription medication;

prepare a patient report;

ready the patient for examination and surgery;

discard contaminated material;

control periodic examinations of employees;

write down surgery expenses;

calculate medication dosage;

participate in continuing education activities;

proceed to inhalation therapy;

stimulate the patient to express feelings;

limit patient circulation space;

check amount of psychotropic drugs;

Sectors that hire Blood transfusion assistant the most in the job market

hospital care activities
service activities in emergency room and hospital units for emergency care
long stay institutions for the elderly
temporary labor lease
outpatient medical activity with resources for performing complementary exams
clinical laboratories
outpatient medical activity restricted to consultations
health plans
other human health care activities
health management support activities

Blood transfusion assistant - Career description, activities, functions and salary