bluealpaka

That is great. Thank you from me too.

We use TEG at our hospital but so far they have shown no proof that it reduces blood usage. The TEG is interpreted on the spot by the anesthesiologist or surgeon, but mostly anesthesiology uses it. The different docs in anesth. do not routinely use it across the board, either. Only some of them use it. The hospital where I came from had TEG usage as well despite a big effort of the Lab Dir. who opposed it (he was a coagulation specialist). It is a passing fad and the prinicple of the TEG has been around for decades.

Thanks for your reply to this question. In the interim I have also checked with the CAP (College of American Pathology) and they OK'd that type of process too! We do it the same. The pharmacy dispenses and we report the percent fetal hemoglobin. I think the nurses do the calculation, though.

Our pharmacy dispenses it at my hospital. All we do is report the percent fetal haemoglobin to the care provider. The pharms do the calculation too. Does anyone else do it this way?? thanks