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Posts posted by ANORRIS
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I am considering it, but wanted to see what others who have one feel about it.
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Does anyone have a Bio Rad IH-READER 24? If so, what are your pos/neg experiences?
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On 10/26/2019 at 12:56 PM, pbaker said:
A true trauma stat (not a drama trauma) is 60 minutes for ABSC and 35 minutes for ABO, from receipt in lab. All other stats are 65 minutes for both.
We batch our cord bloods and do them every 4 hours. The nursery has it in their brain that it must be completed by then in order to treat the baby accordingly. Of course, when they don't send it down for 3 hours and miss our run time, they get mad at us.
DRAMA TRAUMA...LOVE IT! LOL
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Can someone show me where "it is written" that lab blood draws (any lab draws) must not be done during transfusions and how long of a wait period after the transfusion?
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19 hours ago, Marianne said:
This is the form developed by our system transfusion managers. It was based on a sample document shown in a CAP Focus on Compliance webinar a few years back.
This is great
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On 8/16/2019 at 1:45 PM, YorkshireExile said:
Could you send me a copy as well? We recently re-designed our competency assessment to meet the six elements that CAP says you have to include, and it seems so cumbersome and lengthy now.
Thank you.
In ur email
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On 8/16/2019 at 7:54 AM, Gerald said:
Would you mind sending me a copy also? I'm not sure why my previous post appears to be a link.
Thank you,
Gerald
IN UR EMAIL
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16 hours ago, lpregeno said:
At the risk of sounding redundant----me too!!
in your email
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8 minutes ago, RKB1988 said:
Me too please! Thank you!
check ur email
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Meditech is set for 72 hrs
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3 hours ago, Ghandi said:
Lab supervisor has bad attitude and so aggressive with his staff, the staff sent email to the lab director explaining the situation with their supervisor. Which of the following answers would be the best action from the lab director:
A/ Lab director should request for meeting with staff.
B/ Lab director should request meeting with supervisor.
3/ lab director should request meeting with staff and supervisor together.
Your Feedback, Opinion and answer will be highly appreciated.
A then 3
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Emergency Released Blood.....
Does anyone wait until the trauma patient is stable before getting a blood sample to perform a screen and XM when releasing emergency uncrossed blood? NO...I don't wait...but I am being told by my Lab Manager that I need to do this. ???????????
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On 7/18/2019 at 7:28 AM, David Saikin said:
We give them the entire unit. Haven't transfused rbcs to an infant here in over 20 yrs. One dose of plasma.
Same here, entire unit...except well over 30 years.
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We phone once. When a nurse signs out the blood (electronic) we have a place where they must confirm the consent form and the physician's order to transfuse is on the chart.
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19 hours ago, tcoyle said:
From AABB Weekly, May 5, 2017
AABB Accreditation to Accept IQCPBeginning Oct. 1, facilities that use AABB as their provider under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) will be able to use an individualized quality control plan (IQCP) for limited testing of bacteriology. This is a change in AABB’s accreditation practice regarding the requirements under CLIA, for which AABB has been granted deemed status. Beginning in October, facilities that are accredited by AABB under CLIA that use either the BacT/Alert or Verax system for bacterial contamination testing may use an IQCP or continue to follow the quality control requirements set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations. An IQCP will only be accepted for this limited testing in the specialty of bacteriology. An IQCP will not be accepted for any other specialty for which AABB has been granted deemed status. Additional information about IQCP is available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.And there was this additional information in the AABB News June 2017Anne Chenoweth, MBA, MT(ASCP)CM, CQA(ASQ), senior director of accreditation and quality at AABB, told “AABB News” that this change will be beneficial for those facilities that are affected. “Once the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [CMS] removed the CLSI guidance from their interpretative guidelines, AABB realized that the burden for quality control of culture bottles would fall to the facility,” Chenoweth said. “We worked with CMS to ensure that we could recognize IQCP for limited use in bacteriology. IQCP is not required, but this will give facilities that use AABB as their CLIA provider a choice for bacteriology quality control.”
We are neither AABB nor CAP (we were for many, many years but our new lab director dropped them both). We are inspected by the Joint Commission only. Does the Transfusion Service have to develop an IQCP Plan? There was a thread on here when IQCP first came about but I am not able to find it.
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Is there already a discussion on here on developing an ICQP for the Transfusion Service? I am not able to find one.
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It is also easier to take inventory when they are standing up. If they are flat you would have to pick them up to count????
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On 5/17/2019 at 9:48 AM, DawnS said:
Hello all,
I work in a level one trauma center that is extremely busy. Most staff members are ready to go when their shift ends. This has caused a lack of communication between shifts. We are exploring ways to encourage more communication but so far have run into resistance. We are considering putting a log at each station where staff can write down important information from their shift for the shift to follow. Is there anyone in this forum that has done this with any success? Do you have suggestions for other ways to open up communication? Do you have an example of a form you use to make this work? Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Yes, we have a Communication Log in each department and it works.
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Does anyone know if there is an Antibody Titer QC system on the market?
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On 5/3/2019 at 10:20 PM, PMcPeek said:
Would anyone be willing to share their competency templates or forms? I’m hoping to find a better way of keeping up with all the requirements. Thanks in advance!
check your mail
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5 hours ago, ADawson said:
Thanks Anorris.
Do you perform crossmatching via tube method?
Very rarely...so we only QC the Enhance when we do
Bio Rad IH-READER 24
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I am considering it, but wanted to see what others who have one feel about it.