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  1. lcubed
    We only have patient records. We have been using our current system since the last 80's so I actually was not discouraged at the number. We have filtered all deceased patients. Thanks for the information and ideas!
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    Thank you angonzalez! Finally the links to the articles that are discussing these topics! I finally (after many hours of searching) found the article that Cliff was referring to also. In addition I found the on-line calculators. I love these additional articles that you are citing and I will check them out as well. We have determined (using the on-line calculator) that we will validated 663 (or so) records based on a sample size of 348,000. We are doing our own validation for a data conversion from a home-grown system to SoftBank. Thank you so much again! This forum is truly a treasure! Laura
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    Hello, It seems as though I am bringing up a very confusing subject but I have been researching this data conversion confidence and I can honestly say, I just don't get it. Cliff, how did you arrive at 660 records for that number of donors? Is there an actual "formula" for this? We are converting over 350,000 patient records. Thanks for the help (I think)
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    I appreciate the clarification on this matter. We seem to have actually understood correctly and done the right thing. Thank you Pat.
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    I agree about the Codabar part of that, but it was specifically on this forum (BB Talk) that we found the information relating to NOT over-labeling the ISBT 128 ABORh quadrant. Just looking for some specific clarification.
  6. lcubed
    I was also under the impression that you could not over-label the blood type. We required Digi-Trax to produce new full-size labels for use that were perforated for all quadrants so that we would not over-label the blood type after a change to the unit.
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    My main question with this thread would be for the sites who do issue the clotting factors (not so much RhoGam), how does your computer system handle it? We are in the process of moving toward SoftBank and there are real issues with the inventory and issues of clotting factors. RhoGam does not seem to be an issue at all. Thanks, Laura BTW, 1. Albumin - Pharmacy 2. Clotting Factor concentrates - Blood Bank 3. Rh Immune Globulin-intramusular - Blood Bank 4. Rh Immube Globulin-intravenous (WinRho) - Blood Bank 5. IVIg - Pharmacy
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    The problem I am seeing with doing this is that I am getting a barcode - that I cannot read of course. But those Special Testing "N" numbers are the designation from ICCBBA for the Special Testing General Database. So N0010 already has a defined Special Testing assigned comment (something about HLA antibodies). Not really sure if this matters since we can't send our untested autos outside of the institution but I wanted to make others aware.
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    OH! I get it! Thank you! I was just in those Program Files for the default to "V" instead of "0". I should have realized. Long week. Thanks again!
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    I don't think I know where to add new Special Testing information?? I don't see it in the Maintenance. Would it be possible to just build it for that particular product code in the label maintenance?
  11. lcubed
    Hi, Thanks for the reply. Does anyone have some sort of documentation they can share regarding this? We have not seen that the "0" was not being used in the US. I did receive the directions on how to change the default in the Hema-Trax stand-alone to "V" (so it doesn't have to be changed every time), from Digi-Trax. Laura
  12. lcubed
    Funny, we came to the exact same conclusion yesterday afternoon. We are just going to add it until we hear something different (and concrete). Thanks for your help!
  13. lcubed
    Page 19 of the US Industry Consensus Standard refers to the "mandatory use of V for all blood components collected from volunteer donors". I know at one point the designations were V, A, and D. At some point those designations were changed (?) to 0, 1, and 2 respectively. I was under the impression they were interchangable, i.e. V = 0. My reasoning was affirmed by the Hema-Trax software which default to "Not Specified" or "0". I did find out how to change that default to "V" but we never did anything. Now I am thoroughly confused. Are "V" and "0" interchangeable or do we HAVE to use "V" as indicated in the Standard? Thanks, Laura
  14. lcubed
    Thank you! This is why I work in LIS and NOT the Blood Bank (anymore). But I am setting up Hema-Trax and Digi-Trax so your comment caught my eye. If I find out anything from Digi-Trax I will post. Thanks again, Laura
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    I am curious as to why you need this statement. We also draw autologous for in-house use only and they are untested. We are inspected by the FDA and have never had an issue with not having this statement on our units. I agree that it is not available in HemaTrax.
  16. lcubed
    We also have discussed where and when this statement is needed. It was determined by our Compliance Dept. that we did not need to use this statement at all unless we were pooling and not using a pool number with our facility information as a DIN. Or if we sent anything out of the institution. Can someone clarify is this is actually a REQUIRED statement at all? Thanks!
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