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I am al lab manager in rural area hospital. Have anyone tried to recruit non-traditional candidates with Bachelor's or Master's degrees in Biology or Chemistry. According to CLIA #0e101a">A candidate with a master's or bachelor's degree in a chemical, physical, or biological is acceptable. if any one has a successful story in recruiting and training non tradition lab? Please share your experience.

Finding a qualified lab tech is extremely hard in rural area. For those who server rural area hospital laboratory how are you managing staffing issue. Do you guys use non lab educated ( Biology, chemistry ) graduate to work as tech? Any comment/suggestion is welcomed thank you

Yes, they are reliable. I can send you our SOP. Send me your email.

Yes, the same unit. once it is hung it is good for 4 hrs. No need to use a new blood product. limit donor exposure.

if you give me your email. I can share ours.

if you send me your email. I can send you our re-validation SOP

The Dr. will stop the transfusion and administer benadryl an resume transfusion. we do not perform a Transfusion reaction work up, we only document the reaction for our data.

Does your institution participate in NHSN Hemovigilance program. What is the pros and cons? If you don't mind can you share the SOP/document you might have. Thanks

No need to keep. We shred them right away.

Raycell users. How fern do you backup the irradiator data.? Do you transfer the Irradiation data from the flash drive to PC frequently? Thanks

Positive DAT does not disqualify from being eligible for electronic crossmatch. The requirement for electronic crossmatch are listed on AABB standard.

I can share ours. Send me your email.

Not yet. it is too complicated. We find the paper is easier.

It should be based on what is written in your SOP. For me, big K can be rule out using one heterozygous. It does not show dosage.

Have you looked into the possibility of patient having low incident antibody? Low incident antibody are usually picked up during crossmatch.