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I'm at a moderate sized outpatient lab and we're looking into providing RBCs and T&S to some local rehab hospitals who don't have a blood supplier anymore (<30 units/mo). I've worked in several rural hospitals that haven't used a dedicated BB LIS and personally I don't think it would be worth the hassle or price to bring one on. What do you all think on this? I could see it maybe being worth it if we did more volume, AB id's, or product modifications, but I'm wondering how hard I should push back on the idea of an LIS. It seems like manual documentation would be easier, given the scope of what we're planning to do.

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I have a dilemma across my hospital system and wondering if there's any insight here. Half of our 42 labs use Typenex bands, while the other half does not. There seem to be very entrenched positions on both sides, but I'm trying to achieve a standardization across the system. Anyone here with some recent experience on this? I appreciate your feedback!

Does anyone have a set criteria for ordering phenotypically matched red cells? I was looking at finding some more efficient workflows for our WAA and sickle cell patients. Appreciate any thoughts!