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It does as far as our LIS is concerned. We have Cerner Community Works (not Millennium). That doesn't mean it's correct, just that the system allows it.

Thanks for your answers! Some of the draws I mentioned are drawn outside of our lab and sent to us for testing. Am I to require a second draw for confirmation for those outpatients that are not drawn for transfusion purposes? Currently, we just retype the same tube for all blood bank draws, but I'm trying to change that policy in order to start doing electronic crossmatch/issue. There's no way for me to enforce a second draw on patients drawn outside of our lab. And retyping the same tube obviously does not prove the correct patient was drawn, it only confirms the interpretation is correct. That's why I would like to just cancel the retype on patient's not drawn for transfusion purposes. When/if they return, they will have another draw.

Is an ABO retype required if the specimen will NOT be used for transfusion purposes? For example, when an ABO is ordered for prenatal testing, outpatients who just want to know their type, and newborn cord blood testing (we do not transfuse newborns at our hospital)? AABB standards refer to "pretransfusion testing" but if the sample would never be used for transfusion purposes does it need to be confirmed?