charging for 2nd ABO sample?

[dlv]

At our facility we collect a second sample for ABO confirmation on other than group O patients if there is no historical type. For those of you who do this, are you charging for it?

[adiescast]

We do not charge for the second sample. Lab administration views it as a form of quality control, which we do not charge for.

[bailey]

We also do not charge for this. Like stated previously we use this as a form of quality control.

[clmergen]

We do charge it but only the ABO and I am not sure how how business manager justified it, because we didn't charge until recently.

[Likewine99]

Don't charge for it, it is part of QA and "regulatory"

[Joseph78]

Hi! It depends... our policy states that if patient has no ABO history and is non-group O, we look for previously drawn sample preferably collected at a different time and by a different phlebotomist (there is no restriction as to when the sample is collected). If there is no previous specimen and blood is not needed immediately, we draw the patient. If blood is needed ASAP, we set up "O" Rh-compatible. We just started this last November 2009 and we only had one patient drawn for a 2nd independent sample.

[bmarotto]

We do not charge for the 2nd type.

[LIMPER55]

no charge! it is part of qc

[L106]

We do not charge.

[estiner]

We do charge - it is our policy to do a second type if the patient has no history. We too use other specimens from a different venipuncture if available or else we issue only type 0 red cells or AB FFP.

[KarenJ]

We don't charge. We built a computer code for a retype so we could result it in the system, but it is a "no charge" test.