rcotterman

Can anyone steer me to a site that compares stand alone Blood Bank / Transfusion Medicine Apps? Wyngate and HCLL come to mind. Others that may be able to handle a Level I Trauma Center and support a Massive Trasfusion Protocol, large OB and Sickle Cell departments? Appreciate any input. Thanks Robert

I do apprecaite your comments but.. I know what SHOULD have been done. I know all units need to be re-typed before issue My question is more general than that. I am not interested in blame here. I just want some input on how other systems handle it. I can prevent it from happening. Again. Thats not the issue. I do know some about BB - just not the fine points. the question is on the definiton and implication of Reserved. Vendor says Reserved is same as available. BB Manager says no. Anyone care to weigh in.

I need to be clearer... Sorry. I am LIS Manager and our Vendor says that a Reserved unit should be considered available. My BB Manager says it can be availabel but the system should tell them it has not been re-typed if that has not been done. When units come in they are set to a BG(Blood Group) status which means they need to be re-typed and thn they are subsequently made available. My BB Manager says she should be able to change status form BG to Resevered without re-typing so that it is reserved. If a tech tried to Emergency Issue the unit it should tell them that it needs a re-type. So there is finger pointing. I don't have a good BB background to argue either way so I was wondering how other LIS vendors call this or is it strictly a site call on how they set up the system. I can prevent the BG to Reserve but she says this is a valid requirement. Thanks in advance..

Just wondering in general... If a unit is in reserved Status do systems consider it available for issue? Can it go from Reserved to Issued without a check to see if a confirmation has been done (ABo/Rh) on the unit or would it still make that check?