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Our window opens in October. I will not budge! If our inspector gives a deficiency for this item I will take my fight to CAP. If I do not win, then I will make the change. I am hoping by then they get their collective heads out of their posterior waste removal orifices and accept the rational and logical process.

So, this PROVES that CAP do not know the A from their elbow. ALL Blood Transfusion Reference Laboratory Staff, not to mention MOST Blood Transfusion Hospital Laboratory Staff KNOW that not all antibodies can, by any means, be detected by ALL serological techniques (saline, albumin, enzyme, LISS, IAT, inhibition tests, recombinant blood group proteins, etc), let alone by ALL technologies (glass, tube, plastic tube, liquid phase microtitre plates, solid phase microtitre plates, column technologies, etc), BUT THOSE WHO RUN CAP KNOW BETTER THAN EVERYONE. They should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves, and go back to kindergarten.

I don't understand the problem. We use the R1R1, R2R2, r'r, r"r set simply because those are most readily available/abundant from our reagent red cell sets. C: positive control- r'r , negative control- R2R2 c: positive control- r'r , negative control- R1R1 E: positive control- r"r , negative control- R1R1 e: positive control- r"r , negative control-R2R2 I know there are other options more readily available within the general population, and likely our inventory too... but then there's a conundrum. How do you test units you hope to use for controls without the method being QC'd in the first place? It's a tight cycle to upkeep for a small group of generalists. We don't have full antigen information disclosed from our blood supplier either. Personally, I can use my own blood for several of the controls... but I don't want an extra monthly poke! Haha!

That would be nice. Blood centers here want to charge us for that. They may keep it on file, but won't provide the info unless you pay... especially lookin' at you Red Cross!