What automation platform do you use? ProVue
What LIS? Meditech C/S version 5.67
Do you use middleware? No, ProVue is not interfaced to Meditech
Do you use positive patient identification? Yes, Typenex Blood Recipient Identification System
To get a second blood group, by retesting the sample (i.e. PPI) do you:
Generate a new specimen number and re-label or aliquot? No, a new specimen number is generated and a new blood sample is collected if original blood sample was agglutinated by anti-A,B (manual tube test).
Generate new tests for the same specimen number. If so, will the analyzer retest that same sample with the new tests and generate a second ABO/Rh? No
Do you use history from another site (like Clinical Connect here in Southern Ontario or other Electronic Health Record) as a historical result? No
If so, have you created a new test that your LIS will use as a second group to use for Computer XM? Yes, depending on results of testing with anti-A,B, CONFIRM or CONFIRMO.
Do all your samples expire after 96 hours? Or do you have a pre-op policy that allows for more time as long as the patient has not been transfused/pregnant. We have a 28 day policy. All samples expire at 2359 on the third calendar day (day sample collected counted as day zero)
Any other brilliant ideas or thoughts? By retesting the same blood sample, you won't detect specimen collection errors.