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A 62-year-old woman is receiving her first unit of packed red blood cells for symptomatic anaemia. Fifteen minutes after commencement her temperature rises from 36.8 C to 38.9 C, she complains of lower back pain and chills, and her blood pressure falls from 128/76 to 96/58 mmHg. Which one of the following is the most appropriate immediate nursing action?