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There have been several discussions/surveys about this subject in the past but the most recent was two years old and I'd like to revisit it with more current information. I'm finding that with the ProVue analyzer (for us) it is fairly difficult to meet a turnaround time of 60 minutes consistently (90+%). I really wanted to see how things were for the rest of the bloodbanktalk community. ("you" refers to your institution) 1. What kind of hospital are you and what size? (Community, university, teaching, etc. Small, medium, large, or number of beds, etc) Any add'l info you'd be willing to provide to give an idea of the workload would be appreciated, approx. type and screens tested, rbc units transfused, etc. 2. What is the established turnaround time for your STAT type and screens? Do you have any location specific criteria? 3. What are the parameters for your turnaround time? (i.e. receipt to verify, collect to verify, is the specimen received by your department or a centralized specimen processing area? is the specimen received already spun or do you spin them upon receipt?) 4. What is the primary method for your Type and Screen testing? 5. Do you monitor your turnaround time as a quality indicator and with what regularity? If so, do you think this is an appropriate quality indicator? How do you report this information? (e.g. do you report a time at a particular percentile, do you report the percentage of specimens that met a particular turnaround time?) For anyone who answers, I greatly appreciate your time!