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Hello everyone, The Regulatory Officer at my hospital has enlisted my help in gathering sample meeting agendas for Transfusion committee meetings and any sample reports that are generated out of this committee. I no longer work directly in the Blood Bank so I figured this was the best place to ask for help Thank you in advance!

Thanks for your help Terri!

Do you know when they are planning all of this? This concerns me greatly because we had so many issues with data conversion from Classic to Millenium I would hate to see the BB go through that again....

Hi tbostock, I work for a health system that has Cerner Millenium as well. I knew about the contract with Wyndgate for the donor module (because we are getting ready to begin implementation) but did not know about the transfusion module....this is very interesting. Do you happen to know what impact this will have on current Millenium Blood Bank users?

Hi Mobea, Have you started the El Dorado Donor implementation yet? I work for a large academic instituition and we will be implementing this system very soon. We are Cerner users but did not have Cerner Classic donor--our donor center is new. We have not even had a kick-off meeting yet so I'm just curious how your implementation is going.

Thank you for the replies! Cliff, I have a couple of questions for you: 1. Any advice on how to study for the exam--i.e. good books to buy, study materials you can recommend? Are you familiar with "Passing the SBB the 1st Time"--the company, Volaris, offers a book and flashcards? 2. How much time did you spend observing blood donations? 3. How did you document this on the reference form that the ASCP requires--specifically, how was the section about employment beginning and end dates completed? Thanks again for your help!

Hello everyone! I am in the beginning stages of preparing my application to sit for the SBB exam via Route 2. I realize that it would be much better for me to complete an SBB program but I do not have the resources to do so--mainly, I no longer work in a laboratory and therefore do not have access to a preceptor. Anyway, I need experience in a donor center specifically, the collection of donor blood. Can anyone recommend a donor center in the Tristate Area (Phila, NJ, or DE) that is willing to allow me to observe? I am hesitant to contact the American Red Cross in my area since I know of other people who have asked ARC to observe blood donations and they were denied. Also, does anyone have a good contact at the ASCP for questions about the SBB application process? I am asking because I did contact the ASCP today with specific questions and the person with whom I spoke made me feel like an idiot. I do not wish to contact her ever again! Thank you in advance for your help!

Just wondering what the rest of you do in this case (this happened at our hospital last week): A unit of blood or blood component is issued to the floor and is returned to the blood bank after being spiked by the RN (doctor decided to cancel transfusion). Some of the product was infused into the patient--the quantity of the product is unknown. Would you consider the product to have been "transfused" or do you have a certain volume limit for a product to be considered "transfused". I would think that even if the smallest amount was infused that the unit should be considered "transfused"--just in case of a look-back. Our hospital does not have any guidelines about this which is why I am posting this question. Thank you for your help!