rachel

We use the 20 cell "Panocell" by Immucor for AB identification. Recently, some of my techs have been abbreviating the panel by only using cells 1-10. From what I can find, the package insert, nor the AABB Standards, does not address this practice. Would anyone be willing to share your opinion on this practice? I'd appreciate any input or any reference to standards regarding this practice. Thanks. Rachel

I have been reviewing some patient charts to decide whether transfusions were justified by diagnosis, lab values, etc. There are several charts in which the patients had labs done at a doctor's office or clinic and then were admitted to our hospital and transfused based on those labs. Does CAP or JHACO mandate this practice or is it left up to the institution on how to handle it? I would be interested in finding out how others are handling this situation.

does anyone know what is actually REQUIRED?

I have recently started working at a new facility where anytime Rhogam is ordered, a type & screen is automatically ordered. At the hospital I used to work at, we just did an ABO/RH when rhogam is ordered. I'd appreciate some input on what everyone is doing...and what the minimum requirements are.

I have previous experience with Soft, and to my knowledge, you would have to manually or "emergency" issue the units. Not sure how you would issue in any system to a patient that is not in the system yet.

We are a small blood bank and do not perform tests such as sickle typing, antigen typing, etc. very often. I would like to build a QC worksheet into Meditech that would automatically pop up when tests like these were performed, thus prompting QC results before patient results would be entered. Does anyone do this now? Would be happy to hear any advice or input.

Thanks. I guess that's all you really can do.

There is a CAP question that reads, "If there are multiple components of a reagent kit, does the lab use components of reagent kits only within the kit lot unless otherwise specified by the manufacturer?" How does everyone document this practice?