[Bags for transporting blood products at issue/dispense]

Sharion, 

Can you please tell me what size of cool shield bags you order?

Thank you!

[COOLER FOR THE OR]

On 8/28/2017 at 6:36 AM, Carrie Easley said:

We switched f/ an in-house created/validated Igloo system to MaxQ.  We love them!  They are plastic, so we can decontaminate after each use.  When we did our validation, we maintained temp for > 24 hours in rooms @ 22, 65 (heart room), & 85 (trauma room) degrees.  The lid is hinged, so it swings closed if someone forgets.  We use a saline bag connected to a digital thermometer that sits in a pouch on the lid.  This allows someone to constantly see the internal temp.  We issue up to 6 PRBC/cooler, but it would probably hold more.  I do think that they mentioned an upcoming upgrade w/ remote temp monitoring, so you might wait for that... I attached a Word doc that we used for PCS education.  It shows pics of how the units are packed.

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Hi Carrie,

Can you please tell me where you got the empty blood bag?

Thank you,

Nina

[COOLER FOR THE OR]

Hello Everyone! 

In the brochures for max q they say chilled plasma. We only store just thawed warm plasma (to avoid excess waste we thaw plasma when ordered.) Has anyone done any validation with just thawed plasma? Does the cooler cool it down to acceptable range in 4 hours?

 

Thank you