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yes-- we charge for each additional panel or group of selelcted cells, even if it is the same technique.

I like the idea of entering the info electronically instead of on a form. Who asks the history and enters the responses? Nurse, secretary, phlebotomist? How do you know which patients to ask the history of? I assume you don't enter this info for everyone with a type and screen order.

How do you know they have not been pregnant or transfused in the last 3 months?

For those of you who allow extended sample outdates for selected Out Patients having surgery more than 3 days out--- how does your process work? Do you have the patient fill our a form? Who initiates the form and takes responsibility for its completion?

we charge one ABID charge for each panel or group of selected cells that we have to test at the IAT phase in order to ID the antibody. We fill out manual charge cards for the additional panels, as we too only result it once, which automatically charges for the first panel.

At our facility we collect a second sample for ABO confirmation on other than group O patients if there is no historical type. For those of you who do this, are you charging for it?

thanks, I am in the process of getting a quote from them. Good to know you like it.

we currently have Terumo SCD312, but they are discontinuing service on them next year and want to sell us TSCD which is around $10,000. It seems like there should be something less expensive out there.

We are looking to purchase a new sterile tubing welder. Does anyone have a suggestion of one they like and that is a reasonable price?

We just do a visual inspection of each weld, and this has satisfied our regulatory agencies.