[Acceptance Testing of Reagents]

On routine reagent antisera and cells, staff performs QC testing before use to ensure appropriate reactivity.

[Bacterial Detection Method]

I'd love to know what everyone is doing about this.

We use pH and glucose on dipstick.

[Daily Reagent QC]

We do QC daily on all racks for routine reagents. On day of use, we QC special antisera.

[RBC product volume]

Does your institution indicate volume on issued red cell products?

We indicate volumes on pedi packs.

[Maximum Surgical Blood Order Schedule]

The Transfusion Committee follows the same process of sending the MSBOS to the different services. We follow their direction because they are the ones who are performing the surgeries and they have the experience to support their decisions. On many occasions, the services have eliminated testing or reduced the requested order.

[Second ABO/Rh tests prior to transfusion]

We perform a forward typing on samples that are converted from Type and Screen to Crossmatch to confirm blood type. We do not charge for this check.