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May sound like a dumb question but for patients with a clinically significant anti-M, which crossmatch method does most everyone prefer: gel or tube? Thanks

Hello, We have created a panel for Weak D Testing, separate drom ABO Rh. Has anyone else done the same and if so, how are you billing for it if at all? The closest CPT code that I have seen is 86906 (Blood typing Rh phenotype.) Is anyone using that code? Also, we are trying to determine the number of RVUs. Any advice on that would be helpful. Thanks all!

At our institution, we are trying to establish appropriate turnaround times for completing blood bank testing, specifically: Type and Screens, Retypes (which we do for patients with no previous history) and Blood Types. I would like to find out what other hospitals are using. We are tracking ordered (by clinician) to received (in Transfusion Services via LIS), ordered to verified (finalized) and received to verified. We are a 300 bed community hospital with a busy ED, Oncology, L&D in Baltimore city. Thanks.

Good luck to you! By the way, I'm thinking I should take the SBB also. How did you go about registering?

Has anyone heard anything about a Provue recall from last week?

We are looking for a template similar to one in Lucia Berte's bood Transfusion Services Manual that would provide a script for our techs to use when they consult the pathologist. Also, I'd like to find out at what point does everyone contact the pathologist? When a reaction is first called or after we have completed our workup? Thanks.

At our facility we are in the process of writing a procedure which addresses the issue of shipment of blood products to an outside facility. In trauma situations, a patient may need to be moved from our ED to another hospital while undergoing a transfusion of one or more units. I'm looking for ways in which other Blood Banks address this in terms of record keeping. If we issue units and pack them appropriately, how will we know when the transfusion started, when it was completed, if there was a reaction, etc. Do we just depend on the other facility's personnel to fill out the forms correctly? Any ideas would be appreciated.

We no longer use Blood Bank armbands. We use the 3 identifiers on the patient's ID band: name, DOB and medical record number. The Blood Bank armbands only add one unnecessary layer of confusion and delays patient care if they are cut off.

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