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Being able to change results makes life a lot easier, I hope that the authority to do so can be limited.

Does anyone have this combination of instrument and LIS that can help? Instrument is connected to meditech but errors in meditech is "NOT COMMAND CHAR ^^Password? IT says everything in meditech is set correctly and instrument rep says that everything in instrument is set correctly.

Hoping to find policy or procedure for the electronic crossmatch and someone willing to share the information. We have validated it in test and it works great. Thanks

We will continue with account number since it is on the patient label and it is used to make their hospital bracelet, we also have them to scan the blood bank band barcode also at transfusion. Did you have TAR with 5.6.6

It has worked for me also, but I was just experimenting. Please let us know if you get it validated.

We have several patients that react with the solid phase but are negative by gel. We will do a panel by solid phase and if it is inconclusive we will resort to gel for reporting of results. We document the solid phase reactivity in the patient history to alert techs .

We had Ready ID Lot 239 and kept getting positve reactions in cell#4 when not expected, I called service and they sent a new LOT# and it is working better so far....... No explanation for problem was given except it may be a donor related issue.

Is it a requirement when changing to 5 day thawed plasma to have a disclaimer on the new product label that states this is not an FDA approved product?

Your exactly right tbostock, ER nurses have asked me if I had to go to college to work in the lab. We get little respect from them, yet we are usually the first they call with any questions.

Great Post Dr. Pepper, Not only is the CAP recognizing the changing lab scene, they are also helping to create the change. I started as an MLT and some of the best tech's I have worked with were MLT's. So by lowering the educational requirements in the medical field we can get techs, nurses, and physicians and pay them less than today's salary base without any performance change......

I do not understand why they change this standard without any explanation. Many of us continued our education to reach this equivalent to MT(ASCP) or BS degree in order to qualify for this position. It is like a slap in the face with an exclamation point!

From the lack of replies, I must draw the conclusion that not many posters are CAP.

I was wondering if everyone agrees with this revision. Seems like a major change from traditional educational requirements. But it could be just my opinion. Thanks

Doesn't the positive and negative control prove that the kit functions as intended.

We have both the cytotherm and D8, We use the cytotherm for thawing our prepooled cryo. I like thawing plama in it because nothing gets wet, but it is not as quick as the D8. We bought the cytotherm in 2001 and still use it. It only needed servicing once, was leaking a little. The helmer D8 is great but if the overwraps leak then it could mean draining and refilling the water chamber.