BB1956 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I would like to hear from some smaller hospital transfusion services. Anyone with a 250-300 bed hospital how many FTE's do you have for Blood Bank? There seems to be a break point at which you cannot move below if you want to provide full service. I would like to hear how you are meeting the current challenges we face as a small institution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMILLER Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 We are a 280 bed level 2 trauma center in Michigan. M-F days, we usually have about 2 1/2 techs for BB. Days for Sat-Sun, 1. For afternoons, we have 1 tech, but they do spend, on the average, about 1/2 the shift in the main lab. We usually have about 4 1/2 techs on total in the afternoon. On nights a tech in the main lab (total 4)is responsible to cover BB. To be able to provide adequate care we have techs that take call for weekends and at night in case we have some kind of distater. It would be nice if we had a few more bodies around here, not just for BB, but in general. We have many techs (especially on afternoons and nights) who are generalists so that they can help out areas (including BB) as needed. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L106 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 We are a 280 bed level 2 trauma center in Michigan. M-F days, we usually have about 2 1/2 techs for BB. Days for Sat-Sun, 1.For afternoons, we have 1 tech, but they do spend, on the average, about 1/2 the shift in the main lab. We usually have about 4 1/2 techs on total in the afternoon.On nights a tech in the main lab (total 4)is responsible to cover BB.Scott We are a 300 bed hospital and our staffing in almost identical to Scott's. However, all of our techs on 2nd and 3rd shift (and almost all of our techs on day shift) are generalists, so we have a lot of flexibility during vacations and very busy times. Donna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthherbal ☆ Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Similar to both replys. 280 beds, 2 in BB on days, 1 on 2nd/3rd shifts. Weekends it's 1 on all shifts. Everyone (except me the supervisor) is a generalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1956 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Thank you for those who have commented. Are you including the supervisory FTE as one of your daylight FTE's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L106 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Yes, I included the supervisory FTE as one of our day shift FTE's. (ie: One Suprv + one and a half techs = total of 2 and a half FTE's on day shift.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMILLER Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 In the case here, we have a coordinator who works an additional 1-3 days a week on "paperwork", as well as another computer person who works 1 or 2 days a week on the system. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L106 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 In the case here, we have a coordinator who works an additional 1-3 days a week on "paperwork", as well as another computer person who works 1 or 2 days a week on the system. Scott I think this would be ideal, Scott. I wish we had that kind of flexibility at our institution. Donna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pepper Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 We are a 250 bed hospital (but operating around 180 right now) with ER and OR. We have a large outreach market, the volume of which doubled a few months ago as we took on the outreach work of an affiliated hospital. This mostly affects the other departments. We have 1 dedicated BBer on first shift, with a second tech who will float in and out as workload dictates and for break coverage, but will also fit in other batched test runs (A1C, c diff etc). Second shift has 1 BBer who may help out in other depts if not busy, 3-4 in the entire lab. Third shift has 2-3 techs for the entire lab. Weekends and holidays 1st shift we have 1 tech each in BB, Chem, Immunology and Heme and a float. 2nd has 2-3 total and 3rd 2. Our first shift BBer only does BB; aside from a core chemist, all the rest of the techs are generalists or at least can work at multiple work stations. We have 2 swing shifters (11-12 to 7-8 PM) who may also work 1st or 2nd as needed. Excluding micro, we have 20.2 FTEs in the lab, 17 of whom do BB. There are 2 vacancies and we have 2 BB per diems who work from time to time. The lab is very lean, but well automated (except for BB!), and has a very fluid, flexible staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodchild Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 280 bed urban teaching hospital with active ED/OR, ortho/spine team, L&D/NICU, Cancer institute, etc. All techs are dedicated to transfusion service. 4 techs during weekday days (1 is Lead), 2 for weekday evening, and 1 tech for weekday nights, weekend days and weekend nights. This doesn't include me (QA). We have a few PRN techs as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBK710 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I am curious about all of those who staff with 2 or less on day shift. Do your techs work every other weekend? Are you automated? How many types/ type and screens do you do daily? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMILLER Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) Here, we have 2 1/2 M-F in BB. They are generalists for the most part. No automation. All techs on days work about one weekend a month. We do 15-20 T&S M-F. Besides crossmatches, plasma, AB IDs, etc. we also take care of the tissue (fib shafts, DBM, valves, etc.) for OR. Scott Edited March 26, 2014 by SMILLER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pepper Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Techs work every third weekend and holiday. 10-20 T&S/day. No automation. We do our own antibody IDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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