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We are Level 1 Trauma Center with approximately 15 Massive Transfusion activations per month. We keep 6 O POS and 6 O NEG in our ER refrigerator with 4 Group A Liquid Plasma. We started stocking O POS units last summer when our blood supplier was struggling to keep up with our O NEG need. The majority of our traumas are male and about 80% Rh positive. It has made a tremendous impact on our O NEG usage. The biggest concern was the possibility of a mistake and grabbing O POS for female patient but (knock on wood) that has not happened yet. We have segregated the units by placing O POS in a Blue plastic bin and O NEG in a Pink plastic bin - and on a separate shelf. O POS units are wrapped in a paper stating "FOR MALES ONLY".

You are required to perform all CLIA required 6 elements for each platform of testing in your lab, assuming you are in the US. I would imagine competency assessment plans will be highly specific. We have a lot of them, they are focused on our exact workflows and would not translate well to another facility.