bbbirder Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 For those of you who have converted from thawed FFP to Thawed Plasma (5 Day), are you setting the thawed product expiration to '5 days' (meaning 2359 of the 5th day) or 120 hours exactly?I can't seem to find anything in AABB Standards or elsewhere that addresses this.Just wondering...And Thanks,Linda Frederick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMW Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 This was discussed extensively at an AABB annual meeting a few years ago. Whenever a period is expressed using "days" it would always be 2359. If the expiration period is expressed in hours then it would be to that specific number of hours/minutes. The analogy is similar to 3 days for a sample for compatibility testing vs 4 hours after pooling Platelets. The example that was used at the meeting was if you thawed a plasma product on Monday morning at 8 AM, the expiration date would be Saturday at 2359. Now getting some computer systems to work that way may be another issue....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxcall1 Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 We've been using the exact hour and minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulSunV Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 We set ours to outdate at 23:59 five days later and our software, SafeTrace TX, didn’t have a problem with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Eye Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 we set up 120 hrs in cerner.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathervaught Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I remember hearing that if something expires in 3 days or less, then you are supposed to include the time of expiration. Anything that expires in more than 3 days expires at 2359 on the day of expiration. I tried to hunt around for a reference, but have failed to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Plett Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 In my view if the Standards give the product expiration in "days", it means 23:59 of the day. If the Standards give the product expiration in hours, then an exact time is required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaundrey Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 We use the computer date and time which is 120 hours. We generate a lot of exceptions when we convert to thawed plasma and extending the time to 2359 is not worth another exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbville Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 We set expiration to 2359 on 5th day. No problem doing this with Sunquest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisram Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 (edited) http://www.aabb.org/Documents/About_Blood/Circulars_of_Information/coi0809r.pdf Edited February 12, 2010 by trisram erased all cuss words and obscenities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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