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Hi Brenda, It seems a lot of people are interested. Is it possible to post the documents on this site under references and user submitted. I love how generous people are who use this site. Well done. cheers deb
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Thanks Malcolm, yes.. I agree with what you have said... and the last comment was "tounge-in- cheek". ( I am new at this and not sure when to use smly faces :-) )We are actively trying to change practices but.. if the clinician wants those results we will do them (on most cord blood collected in this hospital- we reject quite a few on grounds of mislabelling but that is another story)
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Specimen Labeling; let's try again..
debB replied to Brenda K Hutson's topic in Transfusion Services
At my hospital we reject 1-2 cord specimens a day on the basis of labelling errors. Our SOP is that all specimens including cord blood are labelled correctly. We consider the cord blood is a baby's specimen and as such it must be labelled with the baby's name, UR and/or Date of birth. When Mary Smith has her baby it is given the name: Smith, baby of Mary. (this is the babies name - even though it incorporates the mother;s name) If specimens arrive in the lab with both maternal and baby stickers the specimens will be rejected, We do not make any exceptions for cord bloods, as we would reject all specimens labelled with more than one person's details. Rejecting specimens is always unfortunate but it is hoped that by stictly following protocol the incidence of errors will decrase - it is happenning slowly. -
we do group and DAT on all babies born at our hospital -- the neonatologist thinks of it a a protective measure.. so they dont miss something.. and the nursing staff want it because there is a place for the group on the discharge summary - but we get paid for the work we do so effectively it is a money making venture for the lab anyway.