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No, they even gave me the filter number if I want to order some.

I have not personally done this either. I sent a specimen to our local blood supplier reference lab and was told that their testing had revealed some nonspecific reactivity by multiple methodologies. They couldn't determine what it was so they 'filtered' the plasma and the reactivity went away. ?????? I had never heard of such a thing so I submitted the question. I don't know if it's a really good thing or really bad thing or if it's somewhere in-between, so I asked for others help. Thanks for your response.

Does anyone filter patient plasma? Not routinely, but when testing reveals only non-specific reactions and all clinically significant antibodies have been ruled out? What size filter is used? Could you give me the specifics for the filter that's used (where to purchase)? Could clinically significant antibodies be removed when filtering? Thanks.

Questions concerning 'Pediatric RBC Transfusion Practice'? Are AS-1(-3, -5) or CPDA-1 products used in pediatric RBC transfusions? Is the product expiration of the 'closed system' orginal product shortened? If so, shortened to what expiration? Is a product assigned to one or more infants to limit donor exposure? Are CMV negative blood products used? For all infants? Only for infants of CMV seronegative mothers? Are leukocyte reduced products considered CMV negative? Is leukocyte-reduction a product requirement? Are all products irradiated? Are all products tested for sickle-cell disease? We are reviewing our process on pediatric RBC transfusion. Thanks for you help!

Are RBC products & platelet products irradiated at the same time? If so, is a barrier used to separate the refrigerated products from the room temp products? How many RBC products and platelet products are irradiated at one time? How many RBC products are irradiated at one time? How many platelet products (concentrates and/or apheresis) are irradiated at one time?

Anyone willing to share their Transfusion Service "Critical Values'? Thanks.

Franklyn, With each system, once it's working properly and documenting temperatures, do you need to do anything manually (i.e. manually take any temps - internally, LED, etc.)? Thanks

Are all of the current temperature monitoring systems for Transfusion Services acceptable for AABB accredited institutions? If not, which systems are? Besides the system's monitoring capabilities, what needs to be monitored - anything?

We are currently in the process of implementing a new computer system. The new computer system’s option for creating split products is to modify the parent product code by adding a letter to the product code. Examples follow: Parent code: RCL Split codes: RCL-A, RCL-B, RCL-C, RCL-D, etc. The product number for the split remains the same. We are still using codabar. The system only recognizes the RCL from the bar code. (It doesn’t recognize RCL-A, RCL-B, RCL-C, RCL-D, etc. bar codes.) Therefore, you bar code the RCL product bar code and a drop down menu appears with the available split codes to manually select. The original product number’s bar code can also still be used. The split product is labeled with the appropriate split code and product number. Is this acceptable per FDA requirements? Thanks.

Is there anyone out there on version 23.1? Do you use Change or Divide? If using the divide process, have you been FDA inspected? Was it acceptable to barcode the mother unit donor number and product and accept the actual dropdown -A, -B, etc?