[Do you do live audits of transfusions?]

Yes, a nurse auditor does this. The nurse auditor come to blood bank and follow the order to the end of transfusion.

[Ever have antibody panels not reacting the way you suspect?]

Your cell 3 and  6 were 3+  in Ficin panel, negative in Untreated panel. Anti-E  was enhanced in Ficin.

[Ever have antibody panels not reacting the way you suspect?]

Did you try the Ficin panel?

[ECHO with Manual Gel as backup]

We have Echo, use gel and tube as back-up.

[Giving Rhogam to weakly D mothers?]

We only do weak D to donors and babies .Same as pbaker.

[PT for automation in blood bank]

yes

[Galileo Neo/ Solid Phase users - Have seen you all Pos screen and Neg panel?]

Yes , we did on R374. 10 boxes were wasted. 

[Solid Phase (Echo) Problem]

Replace the washer manifold.

[Cooler Use]

ECMO 

MTP

Pediatric heart surgery

[A Laboratory Director's Question?]

# 2

This lab. director will be in trouble to our pathologist.

[Group O thawed plasma usage]

We always have thawed 4 AB, 4 O AND 4 A.

[Expiration Date For Neonatal Aliquot]

 Exp, is same as the mother product if closed system is used. Storage is same as mother product.

[Echo users.]

Thanks for your input 

[Echo users.]

Do you run Reflex pediatric in your Echo?. 

 

Do you export your results to your laboratory computer?

 

What safety feature do you use so as not to verify the Weak D POS  without DAT result?

 

 

Thanks.

[Antibodies Identified at Another Facility]

Same as above.

[Exact or default volume for red cells?]

We give exact volume to our neonates and pediatric patients. Adult receive the default volume.

[CLIA Survey]

We only do auto control in our panel Immucor and Ortho manual method. 

[Patient Antigen Typing]

Same as Sandy and Mabel.

[Saline Bottles - how do you label?]

Reagent name_______________

Date prepared ______________
Prepared by__________________

Expiry date_____________

 

We replace bottles everyweek, thereby 7 day expiry. The box  expiry is one month once opened.

[Validating Coolers for FFP]

You need to re-validate with FFP.  FFP Should be refrigerated at least 2 hrs.

[How do you handle prenatal patients with anti-C and Anti-G.]

We can not identify anti-G in our hospital. How do you handle prenatal samples. Do you always have it identified and titered?

[How do you handle prenatal patients with anti-C and Anti-G.]

We can not identify anti-G in our hospital. How do you handle prenatal samples. Do you always have it identified and titered?

[Roles and responsibilities in the Transfusion Lab]

We may not agree, whoever got the title  have the privilege to override. Length of service does't give you privilege to override in our dept.

[Effect of freeze and thaw on antibodies.]

Thanks for the fast responce Malcom.

[Effect of freeze and thaw on antibodies.]

We will soon validating the new Neo . We have Provue now. We have frozen plasma samples. Two methods are involved. What are the antibodies most affected in the freeze and thaw plasma.

Thanks in advance.