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It's a bit late this, but my lab uses AK Calibrant with a Stago analyser and reagents for ISI calibration.

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My lab just signed a contract for 4 units of DxH and 2 units of SMS. They are currently evaluation, and already the field engineers have to come down for repairs. Not sure how the break-down rate will be like once we have their lab automation operational. My colleagues from other hospitals generally gave good feedbacks for XN. Just that we feel that their coagulation system is lacking as compared with that of Stago's.

OMG... For all that has happened that I missed this reply all these years! But what you said deepens the topic. I was pondering the possibility of the second option being selected in such a context. I hope regardless school of thought BBers choose when they are faced with this situation, their decision will be a more informed one.

Brenda, in coag, I'm using Statspin, which is a small centrifuge, that spins for 3mins at ?g. Running the plasma under our FBC analyser, I can get between 2-7x10^9/L which I think is very efficient considering the time we spin, and the result we get. For a high workload blood bank, this could be a godsend. It's just that the centrifuge seems filmsy and is very sensitive to balance... And I would avoid using rpm as much as possible unless I'm talking about cars. Personally I dismiss this unit as it do not mean anything considering the various length of rotors in the market. Scott, I understand what you mean. Thanks. I believe I made the right choice by moving on.

Hi, Brenda. Back then, I was concerned that the spinning time is overly long and could be shortened at a higher speed to achieve platelet-poor plasma. Did the manufacturer also provide any guidelines on how the speed could be if the customer would like to shorten the spinning time?

Hi, Brenda. Thanks for the suggestions. You are right in what you, and the people here, said. But I've since moved on to haematology, and things are rather smooth here. I still like the science of blood banking and requested for my lab manager to assign me blood banking CAP competency assessments to do on top of my haematology's. It's still as interesting to me as when I first found my interest in it. =) The main thing I brought back is that, when the time comes I have to lead a team, I will constantly ask for feedbacks from my subordinates and make sure my decisions are correct. I'll make sure communications will go both ways. Thanks again. =)

Thanks all very much! I shall bear that in mind when I next do a BMA.

So sorry for the late reply! Some of my seniors have ruled that as a possibility. How did you reach that conclusion? Or was it mentioned in textbooks about it?

Hi, all. I was doing an MGG stain on a BMA specimen when I was alerted by the haematologists of unsatisfactory staining. This is a picture taken straight off an eyepiece of the microscope. It appears that for cells along the lymphoid and/or erythroid lineage, there is an artefactual precipitation of stain on the nuclear membrane. Therefore, the haematologists are unable to convince themselves of the identity of the cells in this picture. I didn't read up on staining and so I had to follow the staining procedures strictly. What do you guys think might have happened that led to this? I'll be experimenting if it is due to the slides drying very slowly before I fixed it with methanol. [ATTACH=CONFIG]617[/ATTACH]

Smear cells, basket cells, smudge cells, etc... Where could we find the standard of the identity of these cells? =/

Everytime I log into BBT or, now PLT, I learn something new. My lab is using LH750, and at very high WBC, we do get a "R" flag on all our RBC parameters. We usually do a 1:1 dilution and will get a good result after that. As long as the WBC result is within the linear range. But I am very interested in exactly how other labs correct the RBC parameters. What do you guys mean by subtracting the WBC value from the RBC value? Looks like I have to contact my local Beckman-Coulter representative soon.