jsaproni

We are somewhere between 15-20 miles from our supplier. We are a Level III trauma center. We do not keep platelets in-house but if ordered emergency our supplier guarantees they will have them here within 1 hour. The only time it takes longer, other than a major traffic problem (wreck), is if the unit needs to be irradiated. (We have a large cancer center here.) If we kept platelets in-house we would be tossing them all the time because they have expired and that's a bigger cost to eat than we are willing to bear. In formulating our MTP we have made it clear that they will receive all products as quickly as possible and once the MTP has been initialized, the platelets should be here by the time they need them. Quite frankly, I doubt if we use the MTP that often. If by chance we get a trauma, if it's a really bad one, the ER hangs 2 units PRBC and we ship them to the Level I that is about 15-20 miles from us. This is our situation also

At other hospitals we always used 2 cell but when I came to a smaller hospital with all generalist they used 3 because they felt more comfortable and we only use tube. We now do IS crosses

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