Before storing reagents with blood products, check your storage temps from the manufacturer. Generally, reagent storage is 2-8C while blood is 1-6C. Some agencies consider that a huge difference. So if you store them together, change the high & low activation alarms to accommodate the difference in temps.
We keep reagents & specimens in 1 refrigerator at 2-8C & blood in another 1-6C.
I'm afraid that may not work.
We used to keep all of our "in-date" antisera on the top shelf, and our out-dated teaching antisera on the bottom shelf. This meant that, if any of our "in-date" antisera fell off the shelf into the out-dated teaching antisera, and we didn't notice, it didn't matter. Sadly, what I had not taken into account was the fact that one of our inspectors (I can't remember whether it was CPA or MHRA) knew much more about physics than did I, and explained to me, in huge detail, that the out-dated antisera must be kept in a separate fridge, in case the out-dated teaching antisera defied the Law of Gravity and flew up to the top shelf and secreted themselves there.
So, everyone out there, be aware that the Physical Laws DO NOT APPLY to out-dated antisera, which is pretty dangerous when you think about it. In fact, I now rarely open the door of the fridge that contains our out-dated teaching, for fear of flying bottles, and NEVER without holding a stout stick, just in case!
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