[Expiry date and time of thawed FFP]

Does 5 days also apply to apheresis FFP?

[Beckman SMS]

We’re trying the Leica snowcoat slides as well as the VWR Micro slides superfrost and they seem to be working well

[cellavision]

They are mainly interested in the network part so remote differentials can be performed at core labs and patholgists can review cells.

[CPOE Order Entry with Meditech and Transfusion Criteria]

I would very much like to see the screen.

[Body Fluid Help Needed]

http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sigma/h3506?lang=en&region=CA

 

http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/hyaluronidase.html

[Body Fluid Help Needed]

Add up to 1mL of the fluid to approximately 5 mg of Hyaluronidase in an appropriately labeled 12x75 plastic tube.

Allow the specimen to mix for 10 minutes to decrease the sample viscosity.

If not fluid in 10 minutes, place the sample at 37C for 5 minutes.

Mix thoroughly by gentle inversion.

CAUTION: If the fluid does not become liquid after treatment with Hyaluronidase, DO NOT proceed with analysis on the DxH800.

 

Refer to procedure Body Fluid Analysis – Manual and perform a manual cell count on the specimen.

[Microwave Plasma Defroster]

http://www.plasmathaw.com/aboutus.html

[Meditech vs. Softbank]

Which version of the Meditech module would it be?

[Echo users using Meditech]

Here’s our ECHO QC process: (at CRH)

                The WBcorQC samples are loaded, we order a Group and Screen on each then run them on the ECHO. Then the results are transmitted to Meditech (to an open analyzer batch)

                Meditech auto creates a specimen number for each QC sample transmitted and we review and verify. (We are currently only transmitting the ABORH and Antibody screen QC but no Kell or Rh phenotyping.) If QC fails a “Q” (actually letter Q) is transmitted and we have our QC canned text “LQCV1” attached which we results etc.

                The QC results are archived to discs with the rest of the ECHO patients results from the ECHO but also the results  are in saved Meditech and can be viewed by specimen number under :

• QC Icon (Module)
• Inquire

At Month end I ensure all exceptions are addressed (which I review weekly anyhow) and I review the Data Review report both of which are currently in the QC module under “Reports”. I can save an electronic copy of the Data Review Report in our “shared drive”. (It is about 350 pages long most months so it is not convenient to print and store.)

[Echo users using Meditech]

Ask Immucor what the unique number is for each QC material and have Meditech fix it.  They did it for Chinook Health Region in Alberta.

[Echo users using Meditech]

Define each of the QC materials and then add them to the analyzer type dictionary.

 

Have Meditech fix if the mnemonic is truncating.

[Freaking out...current Neg ABSC...reported as Positive]

Report as NEGATIVE with a comment "Previously detected Anti-[] is not detected at this time."  Screen for antigen compatible unit and crossmatch.

[cellavision]

We will be getting this analyzer soon.  We wish to interface it with Meditech 5.67 and also have a network connection to a reference center.

[Remote Storage - NOT OR or ER]

[Beckman LH500 with Meditech 5.57 Auto Release]

Yes, we have 14 different upload codes.

[Beckman LH500 with Meditech 5.57 Auto Release]

We are trying to set up Auto Release for 7 LH500 analyzers.  Everything is working except when a parameter in voted out.  When the analyzer transmits ----- or ..... or ===== the Auto Release verifies the specimen without those parameters.  Has anyone figured out how to make voted outs hold from auto releasing? 

 

Thank-you,

David

[LH500 Auto Release for Meditech 5.57]

Sorry, wrong forum.

 

Thank-you,

David

[Octaplas thawed storage]

Octaplasma® is frozen at -30⁰C and can be stored at -18⁰C for four years.

[Eliminate potential for ABO/Rh resulting error in Meditech]

Also check the Access dictionary for Override Blood Type Calc Mismatch? setting.

[Me, when I was VERY young, before I became a serologist!]

Dalmatian firehouse dogs:

 

http://www.windsorfire.com/fire-buffs-traditions-dalmations

[Provue interface validation plan]

Meditech should have it posted in your service issue.

[Electronic Crossmatch: Provue and Meditech 5.66]

Our interface to the Echo allows the ABS type but the screening cells cannot be within the ABS test.

[Electronic Crossmatch: Provue and Meditech 5.66]

Interfaced results would not need to be checked by Meditech.  The analyzer would not report a negative screen if a screening cell was positive, correct?

[Meditech 5.6.6 Building Calculation for DAT]

I am currently trying to build a calculation for a DAT in Meditech and would appreciate any help you can give me. Unfortunately I don't have enough brain to wrap around this today. Thanks!

 

What are the component tests?

[Blood Bank Antibody Titer in Meditech]

My bad! I should have typed (1 to 2048) I was referring to the titres 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024 and 2048.