What action should be taken first when documenting blood administration?

The first action when documenting blood administration is to click the Blood toolkit button. This step is critical because the Blood toolkit serves as the primary interface for managing and tracking blood products within the Epic system. It provides a structured workflow that ensures all necessary components of the blood administration process are addressed, which includes scanning barcodes, entering unit details, and recording volume information.

Initiating the Blood toolkit ensures that the user is in the correct module and has access to all relevant prompts and checks required for compliance and safety, such as verifying patient identity, checking blood product details, and confirming that the correct product is being administered. By starting with the Blood toolkit, subsequent actions like scanning the product code, selecting volume, and adding the unit number can be performed in an organized and traceable manner, enhancing patient safety and documentation accuracy.