A Fiddler

Our team is pondering how to build in CS. In Meditech, there are 2 ways to set up Products. One way is to create a Product Group (of ‘PCLR’, for example) and list all of the related ISBT barcodes within that group. The other way is to enter each Product as a unique single product: in other words a one-on-one relationship between the unique barcode and an individual Product entry that would include the anticoagulant and 1st or 2nd unit indicator as part of the product name. Which is best practice?

If Cardiac Surgery has a written policy to 'Keep two units ahead', does this fulfill CLIA, CAP, JCAHO requirements to obtain an MD's order for each lab test ordered? CSU has tasked the Blood Tech dept with ordering units ahead as indicated by the acute useage of the patient.