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  1. JShepard, I have been approached on this subject multiple times. There might be a loop hole. If the Nursing staff call it a "blood draw", it doesn't fall under the QSA regs for BB. If the nursing staff call it a "therapeutic phlebotomy", it does. What's the difference between a blood draw and a therapeutic phlebotomy? Nothing, except what regulations fall under it. The result is the same. I have been telling my nursing staff to call it "blood draw". Hope this helps Stephanie
  2. This looks very similar to what we have.... though where do you document the description of the changes??
  3. I'm looking for a creative way to document the changes to a procedure or document. Right now, we document the changes on a separate form that is reviewed and approved by Management. Ideally, I want to get rid of the extra paperwork and have the document changes accessible to Management and staff. I have seen procedures that have a "revision history" page at the end of the procedure that detail the change and version. Does anyone use this system?? Do you like it?? Is there any other ways?? Thanks Stephanie
  4. Is anyone using Orsense for pre-donation hemoglobin testing?
  5. I have RNs working in our Donor Center. We don't require a BSN.
  6. Has anyone tried to tackle electronic documentation in their department. I have actually started a project where ALL our quality control is documented electronically. As of now it consists of some excel spreadsheets and some forms. It sounds wonderful and I'm hoping it works out. I'm looking for some creative ways on how to deal with the completed electronic documentation. Do you print the completed forms for a regulatory binder. Do you put all the forms and spreadsheets in one BIG pdf file I just want it to look clean and but searchable too. Any suggestion?? Stephanie
  7. Do you directly add it or is further dilution needed??
  8. What is formula (recipe??) for making this up??
  9. I believe.....Thermometers are placed in solutions similar to the components of blood. 10% glycerol solutions is determined to be similar to blood.
  10. Does anyone know where we can buy the glycerol solutions used for the blood refrigerators?? The glycerol solution is the solution the sensors and thermometers are placed in the blood refrigerator. Thanks Stephanie
  11. Am I the only one who HATES the quarterly alarm activation process??? Since we use a electronic temperature monitoring system (Isensix) to monitor our temps and alarms, on a quarterly basis we test the alarm activation. This process involves the archaic process of a water bath and temperature probes. I refuse to believe in this tech savy world, that there isn't a better system or process of doing this. Please tell me someone has figured this out!!!! Thanks Stephanie
  12. Kirkaw, Do you happen to have the catalog number of the product you bought from ThermoScientific?
  13. We are looking to purchase a new refrigerator thermometer bottle. The last one we have is from Barnstead/ERTCO, which was bought out by Fisher Scientific. And apparently they have discontinued all ERTCO products. Any recommendations, would be great. Thanks Stephanie
  14. I'm in the process of updating our lookback policies and I'm having trouble determining what infectious disease markers actually REQUIRE (per FDA regulations) a lookback. So far, I have HIV, HCV and Zika. What WNV, HTLV or HBV??? Does anyone know if these are REQUIRED look-backs?? Thanks Stephanie
  15. What does your center use to screen research whole blood or apheresis donors? Do you use a specific donor history questionnaire? We have an abbreviated donor history questionnaire with about 12 questions, though I'm not sure they are really relevant questions. Wondering what information is needed or useful for these type of donors. Thanks Stephanie
  16. Cliff, I believe the FACT regulations only say the donor screening and consent need to be completed PRIOR to the collection. Not necessarily the day of collection. We do our screening (DHQ) and consent during the donor's pre-evaluation, which is usually a couple of weeks before the collection. No additional consent is obtained on the day of collection. Our workflow also involves checking and verifying the consents are available and completed on the day of collection. Stephanie
  17. We have employee appreciation week coming in September. What are some good and practical gifts, I can buy for the employees? We have already done the whole pens, paper, highlighter, pins, lunch bags, tote bags and etc. Looking for something different. Thanks Stephanie
  18. Terumo BCT has a Weld Integrity Kit that you can purchase for your validation. https://www.terumobct.com/location/north-america/Documents/306620262A-web.pdf#search=integrity kit
  19. In our blood collection facility, we have one common blood pressure cuff for multiple donors. How often do you clean your blood pressure cuffs? Our infectious control specialist is requesting that we clean and disinfect after each use. This seems a little extensive since these are "healthy" volunteer donors and not patients. What is everyone else doing? thanks Stephanie
  20. Blood centers are given the option to add "local" questions at the end of the AABB DHQ. What kind of questions, if any, are blood centers adding? We have added six additional questions, but I'm not sure they are relevant and I would love to REMOVE them! Have you ever donated using a different name? Have you ever been deferred or told not to donate? In the past 12 months, have you been under a doctor's care? In the past 72 hours, have you had dental procedure? Are you currently taking any medications? Have you read all the donor information presented and have all your questions been answered? Let me know what you are adding? Thanks Stephanie
  21. How are donor adverse events in your facility being reviewed? How is your Medical Director involved? Does the Medical Director review and sign ALL donor adverse events? Does the Medical Director review and sign only selected donor adverse events? Does the Medical Director review and sign the donor adverse events in a summary format... (monthly report) Does the Medical Director just reviews the donor adverse events... no signature required. Trying to figure out the role the Medical Director should play in adverse events. Thanks Stephanie
  22. lph Just to clarify, are you saying your CTM is capable of activating alarms? Unfortunately our CTM isn't capable of doing this and we do the alarm activation manually
  23. We perform a monthly temperature correlation to the probe, the internal temperature and the digital temperature.
  24. For those with a central temperature monitoring system, do you test the system by performing alarm activations? We currently have a central temperature monitoring system and perform alarm activations on a quarterly basis. I highly recommend doing this, there have been many times where we didn't know a sensor was malfunctioning until we tested it. How often does everyone else test the system?
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