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Our blood bank has some of these large "cubes" on hand to use in the event our refrigerators go down. They're BIG and hold temp for a LONG time........ http://www.mnthermalscience.com/Products/Products_CredoSolutionFinder.aspx

should we run this leukocyte pheresis through a leukocyte filter?

We have seen the same crystal-like interference with their screening cells. As they get older, it gets worse. It's almost as if it's a diluent degredation problem. We have had to take several sets out of use due to this very problem... Perhaps we are the other facility Biotest speaks of.....

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maybe not every typing.............just on those that forward as AB positive

Weak D's on all known OB patients, newborns (we only have a NICU....we don't deliver babies - mom usually not available), Bone Marrow/HPC transplant candidates and on pt's that do not have time to wait for Rh neg plt pheresis.

Our policy is to use ABO identical or compatible up to and including 16 years of age....... If not abailable, we will either wash or volume reduce. Most techs will choose to wash.

we grade the strenght of agglutination and append "MF"

In our lab, the tech ordering the test passes the LIS label with the specimen and the requisition to the testing techs. The testing techs verify tube, requisition and LIS label and then the label is placed on the specimen. The reason we place this label on the tube is to associate the Name and MRN (already on the tube and requisition)with the Accession # that was generated with the ordering of the test.