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How many type and screens do you do? How many would validate getting a Vision?

This procedure is a little old and needs some revamping but it got us through our most recent AABB inspection. BS.Look-Back.3.odt

Borderline insanity!

The thing I KNOW I'm going to get complaints about is Ortho doesn't put package inserts in anything anymore. Just instructions on how to look up the package inserts. But they'll put a notice that they changed something, but they have a notice in their boxes from an updated they made Oct. 2015!

OOOOOH. I see that now. She wrote 1 Non conformance for Standard 1.3 and then wrote 4 procedures that applied to it. I was thinking I needed to fill out a corrective action for each one she listed but since they all fall back on that one standard... I see that light now.

We currently do not have any of this in writing, we have the formatting of SOPs and who writes them , reviews them and how they get put into operation. But not wording on how we are handling new editions of standards. Could that be part of my corrective action as to why we didn't have a procedure written for a standard ?

Sorry to bring this post back from the dead.. I'm doing this for the first time with no help. It says List the objective evidence that supports the nonconformances. What are they looking for here? Just proving our procedure wasn't up to standards ?

Do you have a completely separate form for suspected transfusion reactions and suspected delayed transfusion reactions?

Anyone willing to share their Delayed Transfusion policy?

Last year we had pizza one day and no one even said anything about lab week. I think we've been depressed for a year! My staff got me a card thanking me for putting Lab Week together this year. It was pretty amazing

In one of the emails of hers that I read it had that we requested an AABB and CAP coordinated visit and it enclosed the CAP checklist for her to go over as well. I'm not sure if that's to keep the blood bank from getting inspected twice or not. I have looked over some of things involved in becoming an AABB Assessor. I'd love to be able to see how other people do things and steal the good ideas!

Oh I like the idea of separating the products in a log book with the package inserts! I might have to steal that idea.

Yum! I'm drawing a blank as to what to have Thursday and Friday. We've had pie and cake every day so a dessert seems like too much!

Thank you! I know I'll be better at this next time with 2 more years under my belt. It is hard to sort out some times the inspectors suggestions/ nit pickiness based on actual standards and things we need to change. We had written that we check the package insert for any changes but no wording with what the procedure is for if there is a new package insert. The same for product integrity. We check to see if the supplies look ok, no damage, spills etc. But no wording as to what we would do if the product was unacceptable. They were cross referencing with CAP so sometimes it was also unclear if it was a CAP thing are an AABB thing. Kind of hard to see that you have to have a package insert procedure out of "materials shall be received, inspected, and tested, as necessary, before acceptance for use".

AABB wanted me to change our Supply log. They wanted a way to document if the supply was unacceptable. I had to add the In service date. And they want me to add something to the tune of whoever received in the supply is checking it to see if the package insert is the same or has it been updated. And then some wording in a procedure as to what we do if the package insert is new/updated. We previously had OK to signify that we checked the package/ OK that we checked to package insert. They didn't like that. I attached the one I'm working on but it may need help. Any advice/helpful comments? BB.F.SUPPLYLOG2.odt

I know Quotient sells a Competency Kit. It might only be for antibody screens. I'm not sure.

For those of you who still keep paper procedure manuals, I wanted to get some feedback on how your manuals are formatted. Currently we have a table of contents then a title page for each procedure followed by the procedure/policy. The title page has the name of the procedure/policy, when and who it was written by, revised date, who approved it and when. Then several spots for a review name and date for every 2 years when it needs to be reviewed. Is this the norm? Or can someone give me an example of how your manuals are formatted. Thanks!

Oh good! I feel better now. I think I was being a little too hard on myself.

Well I just finished my first AABB inspection. I'm so glad it's over! We did get 1 nonconformance (seems pretty minor and an easy fix) but everyone here is happy with that. So I'm guess I'll try to be happy too.

Oh great! I already have access to Activity Posting and have used it to bill for other things in blood bank. Hope I can try it out soon. We sent a patient out last Friday to the ref lab.

Anyone do this through Paragon? I'm new to this system. I assume if I try to charge with a CPT code. We'd have to have that code built in our system, yeah?

oh good! I think my boss just assumed I would have to! But I figured I'd start with you guys to see what the deal is.

Just added a Positive Thinking Day! I bought everyone a lab themed button to wear. And everyone has to be positive. If you catch someone being negative you get to take their button. At the end of the shift whoever has to most buttons will win a prize. I think I'll do this on day 1 to start off lab week on a positive note!

Our Anti-Leb antisera was expired and thrown away. Our normal supplier is on back order for 3 months. I want to switch suppliers anyhow. How can I bring in a new anti-sera without doing correlations ?