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We always split up the BB survey to five different techs and the educational sample to a sixth.  Inspectors have no problem with that.  You can even get more involved by having other techs do the survey after the due date and your results have been submitted.

 

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  • We start the beginning of the year with a schedule, each sample is assigned to a different tech. This is perfectly fine for CAP as long as two techs don't work up the same sample. After results are

  • Just remember that these specimens are supposed to be tested in a manner that mimics "real" specimens.

  • David Saikin
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    Have always assigned the BB survey to 5 techs . . . all techs/all shifts are involved so each has at least one CAP challenge/year.

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Do you have to sign up or the educational challenge or the dry lab challenge ? I see it mentioned on the instructions but didn't get shipped with my survey?

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I have been splitting up all my surveys between techs for the last couple of years. Each tech is assigned one red cell specimen and its corresponding serum specimen. The tech completes "ALL" the testing necessary for that one "patient". If it is the automated survey, 5 different techs each are assigned 1 of the samples. Not only does this share the wealth, but it shows competency in performing unknowns. DAT's and Fetal Hemoglobins are treated in the same manner just with fewer techs. Then I rotate the surveys that the techs receive. Sometimes the tech gets lucky and has a negative ab screen so their testing is short and sweet and then sometimes they get to play detective because their ab screen is positive so they get to determine which ab it is.

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comment_67612

Is there a rule about giving previous CAP surveys as unknowns for competency ?

 

Do you have to wait until the results are back from CAP before doing so?

comment_67613
14 minutes ago, amym1586 said:

Do you have to wait until the results are back from CAP before doing so?

You need to wait until after the date that the results are due with your proficiency tester.  It might be several more weeks until you receive the results.

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On ‎3‎/‎28‎/‎2010 at 6:57 AM, yiams said:

A question just came up in our transfusion service regarding the CAP Comprehensive Blood Bank survey. We have traditionally assigned this to one individual to perform all testing. The question is: Can we split this survey to test five different techs by assigning one specimen to one tech? We've been debating this. Has this happened at your facility? How did your inspectors look on this action? We'll accept all opinions!

Thanks

That is what I do, I split the survey and give to 5 different techs. Not only does this keep one person from performing all of the survey, but it can also be used to show competence where it applies to technical skills. My last survey team liked the idea of splitting it up.

 

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