Position summary Works interchangeably between the Components Laboratory, Quality Control Laboratory and Reference Laboratory as warranted by production needs and in accordance with career path schedule. Basic Components duties include independently processing and labeling basic components, entering component information into SafeTrace, screening units for processing. Special Components duties include preparing and labeling special blood components (i.e. irradiations, washed cells, deglycerolized red cells, volume reduce platelets, cryoprecipitate and pooled cryoprecipitate units for quality control submission) according to standards. QC duties include performing quality Control Testing of apheresis and whole blood products and performing complete blood count testing on apheresis donors. Fractionation/Reference (non-license) duties include performing preliminary antigen typing on units, maintaining special screened blood inventory, filing, computer entry of test results, and other duties as assigned in the Reference Laboratory. Fractionation duties include performing accurate selection, boxing, reboxing, and shipping of units to a fractionators. Ensures that all shipment requirements are met.
