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For those of you using Cerner's Bridge Blood Administration. What do you use to scan the barcodes? We already have a handheld scanning device that we use for PPID (Positive Patient ID) when collecting samples. This device is somewhat bulky and not everyone is completely comfortable with it yet. We would ultimately like the ability to use either the handheld scanning device and/or the scanner attached to the beside computer.

We are having to adjust our billing to conform to CMS guidlines. Currently for an Irradiated Red Cell we bill for the Red Cell, then for the Irrdiation. CMS says that they only want one bundled charge, which is ok for the irradiated. This becomes more of an issue when we consider CMVnegative. We will be going to ISBT in summer 2011. Once we get there, ISBT does not have a "Product type" for ILRC CMV (Irradiated Leukoreduced Red Cells CMV negative. So how are other people handling these "bundle charges" on CMVN ISBT products.

We are on Cerner Millinium 2007.18. There is a "Label Verify" option where the tech scans all of the label info into the correct spaces and that is compared to what is in the computer. If everything checks out the label is verified and if it is not correct the unit becomes quarantined until everthing is corrected.