pinktoptube

I'll have to look into it. We do not stock all antisera for antigen typing.

We only accept returned RBC's if the temperature is acceptable. We take the temperature using an infrared thermometer (which we found to read about 2C warmer than the actual internal temperature of the unit).

That is what every hospital I have worked at used for Antigen Typing proficiency.

I am interested as well in a stand alone monitor. I really didn't like the proposed need for alarm checks on reagent refrigerators in the draft 31st Standards.

Medical Record number and date of birth here.

Same.

Does this mean we get a pay increase? I wouldn't mind making a nurse salary.

We do the same. Since we QC our temperature indicators and know that red blood cells can become out of range as early at 10-15 minutes at room temperature, we will quarantine anything that is suspect (i.e. a red blood cell unit that comes back and the temperature hasn't changed over a period of time) for manager or pathologist judgement for return or discard.

Maybe test a cell of the panel and rotate it each day of use.

Why can't they just be treated like the screening cells? Run a positive and negative control day (same that you use for the screen) of use.

I didn't think it was a regulation yet...

Only send out if immediate spin is negative and weak D test is positive.

I have this issue also. The guide doesn't give a weak reaction as a result. I always go by if it's a pellet with a few "specks" it's negative....why search for zebras.

We give group O, so no AHG crossmatch.

I use 1C as the standard for temp checks, however when I validated a new ultra-low the manufacturer stated that a 2C difference was acceptable.