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In my career, I have always worked with community blood centers and had the good fortune to have them located locally. I think it's possible that my administration will ask us to consider switching to ARC. I would love to hear from ARC users about their experience and/or if anyone can contrast a community blood center vs. ARC relationship. My two biggest concerns are the availability of reference lab services and inventory management. We send a fair amount of reference work to our blood center since they are nearby. That saves us from having to keep those reagents on hand and maintain staff competency for low volume, high complexity procedures. From an inventory standpoint, we get daily deliveries and have easy access to stat needs. Additionally, the blood center helps a lot with short dates and rotating those out to their higher volume customers, so we don't have to find someone to take the units. Also, we receive apheresis platelets exclusively, as well as pre-pooled cryo. For context, we're a medium sized standalone acute care hospital with active ER, OR, OB, and oncology populations. Thanks for any feedback you can give!
Blood establishment computer software
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I know the FDA requires approval of blood bank computer systems, but wondering if each version upgrade needs separate approvals as well? Thanks for your help!