sharlene

I keep my individual membership. The website is helpful. Access to ordering the books is needed.

We recently implemented thawed plasma 5 day because of our new Massive Blood Transfusion Protocol and the cardiac surgeons wanted it available without having to wait for it to thaw. I will email you with details.

I was really for barcoding bands and units, also, until I found out that the bb bands and hospital bands are routinely cut off during surgeries. Barcoding will not work if bands are not left on!!!

Recently, we switched to a different blood bank ID band and found out that surgery was routinely cutting off the blood bank ID bands that we had and reapplying them after surgery. The bands that we switched to cannot be reattached without taping. My question is how do other transfusion services deal with this problem? (Loss in the chain of identification) As a blood banker, I was shocked when I found out that this was so routine. Any anwers that you may have will be much appreciated.

Hi, I'm looking for any info on the test-Super DAT. Procedures and references and when and why it is used. I have just heard of this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.