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Some info on the Levy Jennings chart for QC: A Google search gave me this online resource on "BASIC CONCEPTS OF HEMATOLOGY: Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Statistics": http://www.clt.astate.edu/wwilliam/hem_i_qa_qc.htm

Is it possible to prepare a Levy Jennings chart for quality control during component preparation? Does anyone have any info? Thanks in advance for help!

Our lawyers are not too sure of the aspects too, including that of getting donor consent. Our national guidelines also have strict rules for disposal of expired blood products. So we have put the proposal on hold for the time being..

A Pvt. Ltd. Co. involved in Stem Cell Therapy has approached my blood bank to source expired platelet bags. Our managers are worried about the legal aspects. I would be very grateful for any help or pointers on this topic. Is it ethical to provide / sell these bags instead of disposing them as per guidelines? What storage facilities are necessary? Is there any problem with ownership of the products, the platelets having been donated by donors in good faith? Pls put up anwers if anyone has any experience in these issues, since this will be helpful to all.. Thanks!

That's a lot you're asking for, what's this for? Is it a study for a paper? You will probably not get an answer to this question: what is the main profit margin for private blood banks

Well, here in India, component therapy is only slowly getting accepted; even in my tertiary teaching hospital, only the intensivist uses component on a logical basis. Most blood banks lack the license and equipment for component separation, and it will take a lot of education to wean clinicians off whole blood, and get started on component therapy.. Surprising, but true! Would like to know how things are in other countries except for the West..

[Q] Can a patient coming for a blood requisition request for more than one components of blood.[/Q] Sure, this happens in my blood bank too; think of a couple of scenarios: 1. replacement of blood loss, volume resuscitation and prevention of DIC after severe trauma / peroperative bleeding: this patient usually goes for whole blood, followed by FFP & platelets later.. 2. Oncology, as has been stated above, 3. Bleeding diathesis in the ICU, or spontaneous bleeds in sepsis...

Well, I may be lucky here in India to be a Pathologist who is Director Blood Bank, in a teaching hospital. We have 3 monthly transfusion committee meetings attended by our COO, Heads of Surgical and Medical Dept.s that use blood, the Pathology Head, and interested participants (we ask for agenda points ahead of the meeting). I present the statistcis and any important transfusion-related events, put acroos our take and any requests we have - this is then brieflly debated on and decisions taken after discussion. Though the thoughts and interests of the people who take part differ, I think such meetings are important cos they keep communication between dept/s alive... that COO in the 1st post doesn't really appreciate the importance.

That's the NABH Accreditation for the Blood Bank, by the Their website is at: http://www.qcin.org/nabh/blood_bank_accre/

Does any one here have any experience with the NABB Accreditation process in India? Would like to interact with those who have gone thrru the process. Thanks!