phan,binh

hi dear friends of BBTalk i am back, being away for a while for not receiving Pathtalk for a few months. Now i have it but somehow they are sent to " spam" .It's ok, i just go from there. Thanks for the clarification of " CMV negative and leukopoor products" Just want to mention a little bit about CMV neg at our facility: - when being asked "is the unit CMV neg, " our answer is : the unit is leukopoor, CMV neg is taken care.All units are leukopoor here. - our blood supply (blood and platelets) has some units that are CMV neg , we never order or request CMV neg -for oncology patients, we use irradiated products if the dr orders Also thanks to Cliff for helping me to restore Pathtalk

David could you please send me the inho on adsorption and elution? thank you much sbp

thanks for the explanation.

i am not knowledgeable about FDA reportable but i have this happened to me: 1/ i have a patient with a negative antibody screen; the DAT was accidentally performed that day and was positive.When i asked the referral lab wether to send the sample for an elution, they told me ,'there's no need, why did you do the DAT"?.i am confused but i did what they told me .. 2/ for Ag type unit: if we use the 0.8% cell suspension for doing qc (pos and neg) instead of the 3% cell susp (the unit has been dispensed), is it an FDA reportable? (Next day, the qc has been redone with the 3% and it was the same) . There was no any harm /effect or change on the unit. Any explanation would be appreciated. thanks

i'd like to know about that too. thanks for the question sbphan

thank you all for your suggestions to my sbb questions. however, i still have some. 1/for those who said they can pass the exam without working in the reference lab or even not having to work there, i don't know how you can handle it? When solving panels , you should know at least how they work, right, how one thing leads to another, whta the next step you should take.. 2/ where and how can i get to the website where i can sign up to study by myself and get to the exam ?what are the requirements? 3/how can i buy the "Blood group antigens facts" and "passing the exam the 1st time" from Volars? thank you vey much.

Hi everybody i am in the SBB program , i have been reading threads in Path Lab Talk for a couple of months(7-8) and i find it very interesting. i just have some questions for those who already passed the Sbb and those who are taking it: - i don't know how to ''do" a research project. i don't have anybody who can help me (even though i have a mentor) , what to do to start , what i need.. -i would like to know if a person (like me)who never works in a reference lab can pass a SBB (even i have a background in BB, and also work in BB but do not deal much with panels,,,) i study hard but i don't know if i can make it. Please give me some advice.i really appreciate. thanks shirleybjp