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In terms of hacking- we have two offline PCs, one here and one at our sister hospital, that contain backups of BB data for both hospitals (dont know how often we back it up though). we were hit by ransomware last June (downtime for a week in the middle of COVID, yay)and then found out IT had connected one of those two "offlines" to the network, and it was gone. We still had one lonely functioning PC, tho, with the entire systems' BB data, adn it got us through what was otherwise a very, very dicey time.

shipping documents/ transfers: 10 years

I agree with David. Pick-up slips information and blood orders are all electronic and maintained in the LIS or the donor centers order website. CAP requires 10 years for blood and inventory inspection records, which includes shipping documents, since they usually contain a message about shipping, storage, and inspection.

I've never saved pickup slips more than a day (have not used one in years). Inventory and blood orders to blood center: never saved Shipping documents/transfers: 10 yrs