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Alice Chan

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  • Birthday 10/10/1966

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    Medical Technologist

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  1. I read from the recent BCSH Guidelines for pre-transfusion compatibility procedures in blood transfusion laboratories (Appendix 2) that there is a method available for prolonged storage of routine T&S samples. "If physical separators (devices that are commercially available that can be introduced post routine testing into the primary sample, inserting a physical barrier between the red cells and plasma) are used, this then negates the need for plasma separation while retaining plasma for testing and original sample tube for inspection of patient ID as necessary." Can anyone kindly advise on what exactly are these physical separators, any experience on their utility and recommend any brand names? Thanks a lot.
  2. The donor centre here will soon implement ISBT 128, with a specific code for parabombay blood. Can anyone share your experience in how a Blood Bank modify the computer software to accomodate this? Aside from the original 8 set of transfusion logics for A+,A-,B+,B-,O+,O-,AB+,AB- donor vs recipients, is that an extra 'set' of transfusion logic need to establish for parabombay recipients? Thanks for reading and BIG thanks for reply
  3. Excuse me, which brand of gel are you using? Also, did u wash the cells once with the commercial diluent before making up the cell solution for the gel?
  4. Currently, we perform TS in pre-admission clinic & the surgery performed within 9 days. For non-pregnant & untransfused patients, we allow e-XM until the 9th day from TS. We kept the TS sample for 9 + 7 = 16 days (limited by storage space). But hospital tend to prolong the period between pre-admission clinic & exact surgical day. This raise the problem of finding reference guidelines for maximum duration of TS validity. Our intended solution is to perform TS only on the surgical day, otherwise the workload will be doubled. However, this may create 'urgent' calls from Operation rooms & cannot entertain the abs positive cases that demand special blood phenotypes.
  5. Thanks. Do u freeze the original serum/plasma? U perform new T&S on that new sample? What is the purpose of this new sample? Can the patient transfuse before the 2nd T&S is completed? However, this will double your workload !
  6. If surgical dept perform OT 1 month after the pre-admission workup, can a TS result last for 1 month? What is the longest duration can TS lasts for untransfused patients?
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