David Saikin last won the day on February 18
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About David Saikin
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Seasoned poster
- Birthday 09/16/1949
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Gender
Male
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Interests
Playing Jazz (and almost any other music), Sports Officiating, Reading
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Location
Northern New Hampshire
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Occupation
Blood Bank Specialist, retired. Accepting interim Blood Bank Management/Consulting positions.
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AuntiS reacted to a post in a topic: Micro only reactions
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Malcolm Needs reacted to a post in a topic: Micro only reactions
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Decades ago I worked w a tech who worked w Peter at NYBC. I had always looked under the scope (as that was how I was trained). I'd ask her to look at 2 or 3 or 4 cells stuck together microscopically. Her comment was always, "If you want to call that positive go ahead, but I'd call it negative." High anxiety to give up the scope but I did.
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David Saikin reacted to a post in a topic: Micro only reactions
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John C. Staley reacted to a post in a topic: Billing of LUI Freeze elutions
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only a reading lamp.
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David Saikin reacted to a post in a topic: Micro only reactions
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i've used it for ABHHDN for decades.
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AMcCord reacted to a post in a topic: Transfusion Errors
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Sounds reasonable to me. As long as you have defined what the acceptable comparisons are I would say you are fine.
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We all have these transfusion event stories. Rec'd a phone call in the middle of the night years ago. 3 out of 4 units were transfused to the incorrect patient. Fortunately both pts were O Pos. We used Typenex numbers. BB tech switched the 2 patients; could only be resolved at the bedside. 2u transfused in dialysis. When asked about the "red" numbers I was told that they no longer checked them as they always matched. I informed them that they gave 2u the day before to the incorrect patient.
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exlimey reacted to a post in a topic: Does this blood bank "critical thinking" question makes sense to anyone?
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David Saikin reacted to a post in a topic: Does this blood bank "critical thinking" question makes sense to anyone?
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David Saikin reacted to a post in a topic: Does this blood bank "critical thinking" question makes sense to anyone?
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David Saikin reacted to a post in a topic: Kleihauer Betke Help
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David Saikin reacted to a post in a topic: Kleihauer Betke Help
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i used to use Simmler's kits. Worked well. CAP actually has a kodachrome of a KB stain as part of the FMH survey. You could have all your techs give you a result using that and then wait to see what the consensus is. When we did these here i had all techs read slides after we had reported.
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David Saikin reacted to a post in a topic: HaemoBank/ Blood Track/ Blood Vending Machine
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I verify the accuracy of the probe thermometers in all my environmental storage devices and do not keep an external thermometer in any. Have not been cited in 20+ years, including FDA licensure inspections.
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I think that as long as your reference thermometer is NIST traceable for accuracy you should be able to do what you are planning. If i was inspecting I would want to see that your reference has demonstrated accuracy (NIST traceable).
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HaemoBank/ Blood Track/ Blood Vending Machine
David Saikin replied to sunshine's topic in Transfusion Services
I believe most vendors do the training for Nursing staff. -
I would think that titers would be relatively constant across different platforms, but then again I am a blood banker. How do you get a titer of 12 (guess I'm used to serial dilutions 1:2)
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Lectin kit for polyagglutination
David Saikin replied to chupert's topic in Immunohematology Reference Laboratories
I looked at Quotient and Hemobioscience. Could not find that kit. -
FDA Inspection via record requests due to COVID
David Saikin replied to amblanki's topic in Accrediting Agencies
You must be registered or licensed, yes?