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Abraham

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  1. Abraham
    We have been Gel users for about 20 years. We see about 1-2 Gel negative, Weak D tube testing positive patients per year..
  2. Abraham
    Blood typing is performed once an admission to receive FFP at our facility. TS in only required if transfusion with RBC is necessary.
  3. Abraham
    We only seperate plasma if it is a pre-op specimen that needs to be frozen.
  4. Abraham
    We document volume on the bag at issue. Niursing wanted the information for I/O documentation and to enter volume for the pump they use to administer products.
  5. Abraham
    If we repeat the autocontrol in tube and 90% of the time it is negative. We repeat the autocontrol in tube and 90% of the time it is negative.
  6. Abraham
    We do report the strength when positive for each component (IgG, C3 and Poly). Not sure if anyone is doing anything with the results but we have reported it for over 20 years...
  7. Abraham
    We perform the type and screen on the Pre Admission account number and on day of surgery order RBC on the new surgical account. We do this mostly for billing reasons not becasue meditech does not allow it.
  8. Abraham
    We use 4 hours expiration for syringe
  9. Abraham
    We use accounts that are good for 3 days most of the time. Some times the patient has a new account number for transfusion. In those cases we order red cells on that account and add a comment that Crossmatch was performed using Type and screen collected on such and such date and specimen number. This has worked well..
  10. Abraham
    Blood bank handles Factors at our facility. We also have a consignment agreement and therefore don't have to worry about outdating. We were requested to stock PCCs. We are using Factor IX (profilnine)
  11. Abraham
    For any blood product issued from our blood bank, we perform the testing. Results from other facilities are not accepted.
  12. Abraham
    ABO performed on each new admission
  13. Abraham
    Have any of you switched from Rhogam to Rhophylac? If so any issues? Thanks!
  14. Abraham
    How often is PM/QC performed on the blood warmers? We just got new warmers and the manufacturer's recommendation is once a year. Does AABB require it to be quarterly?
  15. Abraham
    We did it a few months ago. Kept it as generic as possible.
  16. Abraham
    If you have a patient that needed extended work up to identify an antibody and find compatible blood, is there a way to bill the patient for it? If blood was needed from Red Cross' rare donor files is there a way to bill the patient for all the costs associated with obtaining such a unit? Thanks!
  17. Abraham
    Not for plasma products
  18. Abraham
    can you post the info on this site? Thanks!!
  19. Abraham
    We allow blood bank hold to be ordered by Emergency Care Unit and L&D. Very few of these specimens get converted to TS or TC. By ordering and collecting a hold specimen we have a specimen avaialble that meets all labelling requirements of the transfusion service.
  20. Abraham
    We confirm blood types on patients with no previous type and if patient's type is other than group O. If there is a specimen avaialble that was drawn at a different time such as Hgb/Hct or Protime etc. we use that to confirm. We only do it if patient is ordered red cells. Confirmations are not done for platelets, Type&Screens etc. Occasionally if we have problems obtaining a new sample we give group O Rh specific cells.
  21. Abraham
    I am talking about manual reagents. We use Gel (Provue) primarily.
  22. Abraham
    We swithched to Medion following Immucor price increase. We are happy with the 3 cell screening cells and the Panel. We changed vendor for everything possible including cells, reagents, antisera etc.
  23. Abraham
    We use Meditech 5.62 and we do enter the start/stop time into Meditech. We have been doing this for 15+ years and do not find the process cumbersome. We do it for all the reasons mentioned in the above posts (audits, accreditation review erc.)
  24. Abraham
    We convert FFP to thawed FFP. The thawed FFP will have the new expiration date/time. The thawed FFP ISBT label is generated and applied to the Plasma bag.
  25. Abraham
    We do ABO/RH and DAT using cord blood on all newborns in our facility. We do our testing in Gel. We have had no significant problems. When transfusion is necessary, neonates are transfused with leukoreduced O negative units.
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