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Great feedback. Thank you.

Our QC was minimal several years ago based on the fact that the first ABO back type would confirm the antisera. The standard says the Anti-IgG reactivity is checked during crossmatching. I think our QC only had about 6 tubes and 1 gel card. Very minimal! But I started thinking that we didn't actually have proof the AHG worked on a particular day. (If it isn't documented you didn't do it) I thought proof needed to be added or some tech working that day would need to remember to mark the form hours later. I knew this would get missed multiple times in a year so I added these to the QC form. I even had them add the lot numbers of items that aren't QC'd like the saline cube or the AntiC3b,-C3b. If asked, I have a record of the lot numbers in use on that day if we should need cough up the lot number. Later I read that all reagents must have a check against known positives and negatives so I expanded the QC. It now has about 13 or 14 tubes and 2 gel cards. It is overkill but like I said they can't ding me for not doing enough. I would rather do too much than not enough.