elrusso

I had a case a few years ago where 2 college roomates were sharing a medical benefits card because the one student did not have benefits. This cause many headaches in our Blood Bank because of mismatched blood type. Resolving the issue caused even greater issues for the insured student when the insurance company identified the fraud.

Does anyone know, is Precision Dynamics going to continue to carry the Hollister brand of bands? Especially since they have their own Blood Bank Identification Bands. We currently use the Hollister Ident-a-band but are looking to switch. Any suggestions for the pros and cons of the other brands out there (i.e. PDC, Typanex, etc..)? Thanks!

Our cut-off is 50.

At our institution, instead of drawing a second sample on the patient, we require that 2 staff members perform identification prior to the phlebotomy draw as well as at the time of transfusion. Both staff members are required to place their initials on the blood bank armband. The 2 staff members can be phlebotomists or nursing staff or a combination of the two.

We do the titer automatically, but we have written permission from our MEC (Medical Executive Committee) to perform reflex testing in certain situations.

We perform a control on the Anti-IgG using check cells. Our negative control for reverse cells uses Anti-D through coombs phase. Because we use the pre-diluted screening cells, we run a positive and negative control on the MTS Diluent 2 bottle by making a red cell suspension using our bottle of diluent and a screening cell. We use QC Antisera for the positive and 6% albumin for the negative to rule out contamination of the diluent and card.

I agree with Lcsmrz, we have Rh only as an orderable test for our ER patients. We have Cerner Classic at this time and yes it does cause a history check error. I would like to remove this test from what we offer for that reason, but I get negative response from the ER when I mention it.