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Valid blood type
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Valid blood type
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Is there still a good serological centrifuge out there?
bldbnkr replied to Mabel Adams's topic in Transfusion Services
We just got a brand new Hettich and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to program it so that it is easy to switch between 15 seconds and 45 seconds of spin time. There is a manual with it , but it's so complicated to me that I just can't figure it out. -
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Rh Pos or Rh Neg?
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Rh Pos or Rh Neg?
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Jehovah's Witness Transfusion Policy
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Jehovah's Witness Transfusion Policy
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Jumping in years later. Has anyone heard of the Blood Bank being responsible for keeping the Refusal form and documenting refusal in the EMR or Blood Bank Record? As a patient who refuses, it is my believe that there should not be an electronic Blood Bank record on said patient.
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Confused about dosage
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Confused about dosage
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Changing FFP (with 24hr exp) to thawed FFP with 5 day exp
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Changing FFP (with 24hr exp) to thawed FFP with 5 day exp
bldbnkr replied to aj2018's topic in Transfusion Services
Hi everyone- We are a bit late to the game here - we had been keeping our thawed FFP at 24 hour expiration date and now with the Convalescent Plasma build I wanted to have it expire in 5 days - well the reason why we never went to 5 day originally was that it required some sort of FDA registration to do so? Can anyone update me as to the process to convert from 1 day to 5 days other than the obvious LIS build out, labels etc - is there an FDA requirement still? Thank you! -
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Blood unit incompatible with many patients
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Has anyone written an SOP for Convalescent Plasma? I am reluctant to do so, although we are enrolled in a study and the product is built in our LIS, because it is not approved by the FDA. Plus we have no patients with Covid and I doubt this late in the outbreak we will be using it. I guess I should reword my question - has anyone NOT written an SOP for this product? thank you.
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No, HCPCS is a Medicare billing code. From what I know the product is free right now so no billing codes.
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No, the Red Cross in our area is hosting a telephone conference about this. Is this a new build and will it be a blood bank product or a pharmacy product?
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DRY ICE STORAGE AND PROCEDURE
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Thank you David. I think I am going with the Drucker.
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Here is our procedure for dry ice. Safe Handling of Dry Ice v2.docx
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I second this question - my trusty old Clay Adams just died and was deemed unrepairable. Does anyone have a favorite since I have to purchase a brand new blood bank serofuge?
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I have a question - can hospitals go on lockdown and keep employees from leaving?
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Cell Phone Camera
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Cell Phone Camera
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End result: As I reread the thread I made an error - the Pathologist was the new "Medical Director" of the laboratory, we have a different person (MedTech) who is the Laboratory Director. Sorry about that. The problem resolved when the off site Pathologist resigned, and a new Pathologist who remains on site full time took the job - he will not be asking that we email photos of cells :)
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Hi, Could anyone please share the most recent (2016?) AABB guidelines for transfusion of RC's, platelets and FP? Or your own hospital's guidelines? We have a new Medical Director and he quickly pointed out that our criteria are out of date, apparently the platelet level has dropped to 5 instead of 10? Thank you!
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Thank you!
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Hi Blood Bankers, Rumor has it that the FDA has issued Final Guidance for the Psoralen pathogen inactivated platelets. Has anyone seen a copy? Maryann
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I should correct my statement above and I used my own scripts for the Electronic XM validations also.