Ephraim

Cool! I love to hear different takes on the issues.

Thanks for your quick replies. We polled area hospitals. Their time varied from 2 hours post delivery to before they depart (they seemed satisfied with whenever, as long as they got the shot in within 72 hours)!

Hey, everyone! Do you have a policy for timing of the blood draw for postpartum Rhig? AABB says that it should preferably be drawn within one hour of delivery. Our nurses are not happy with this. Has anyone seen studies of survival of fetal cells in the Momma? Thanks for your input! Ephraim

We still have gel as a backup for antibody ID. The Capture totally missed an Anti-E on a WSLH proficiency survey and it was very clear in Ortho gel. We had other similar problems after that. Hotline suggested that we rap sharply on paper towels after the last wash to get all of the residual saline out. I think that helped, but not really sure. It has taken some time to get accustomed to reading the reactions and the techs here mostly freak at the auto controls. We have an automatic washer that you can't turn your back on. There are floods. It has been adjusted from time to time, but I still don't trust it. Overall things have improved since January, but I still would go back to Gel in a minute.

Our hospital set <9g hemoglobin for preoperative and <8g for everyone else. However, they can get around this if there is symptomatic anemia (any degree of blood loss with suspicion of decreased O2 capacity).

Hi, everyone! I am brand new to this site, so I hope I get it right! I work as a bench tech at a 200 bed hospital where everyone rotates through all the depts.(except Microbiology). Blood Bank is my special interest. We have recently begun the Capture system(immucor) for antibody screens, antibody ID. There is an automated system, but we are using the manual. Is anyone else using this? I am a wee bit nervous and would like to converse with someone who has experience with it. Previously we used Ortho's gel system.