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I know that HIV was in donor blood. Has transmission of COVID19 by transfusion been ruled out?
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I am now retired but we had an imaging system in our Lab. and I imaged all completed antigrams. We could then store and recall them indefinitely.
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We resolved this issue by creating a "Test environment" to which only certain Techs had access. We registered the CAP and created 'patients' then documented PT there.
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Although the FDA may not "swoop down" on reporting Transfusion Services, administraters are sometimes reluctant to report errors; possibly in fear of showing up on FDA radar. My administrative director once told me that, if I reported anything to the FDA, it would affect my position in the company. I established a policy that required all errors be reported to administration and the blood bank director and they would make the decision to report or not. I visited my old blood bank after I retired and my replacement asked if I wanted my job back. I felt sorry for her. MT,(ASCP) retired (thankfully)
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Are many of your patients on renal dialysis? Do you test serum or plasma? Do you test manually, in y gel, or with LISS? Do you include an immediate spin in your testing? Anti M is usually considered not significant but sometimes, it attaches on direct agglutination and doesn't elute off whith washing but if the antibody reacts under strict pre-warm conditions, it should probably be treated as significant. We experience frequent Anti-M in dialysis patients and found it was happening only after dialysis. We learned it was because the clinic sterilized their dialysis machines with a dilute formaldehide solution. Chuck
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That was a cute idea Liz. Of course, we all want to know what you will.
