I recently purchased two new blood bank refrigerators. I was in the process of getting them put into use when the main Hematology refrigerator went down for the final count. When I returned to work the next day Hematology had moved all their reagents to our new refrigerators. We do not now or have we ever had any blood stored in these refrigerators. My question is are we going to be in trouble with either the AABB or the CAP for storing these reagents in a blood bank refer? The technical manual states it is OK to store blood bank reagents in them but doesn't mention any other reagents. As luck would have it we are currently in our CAP inspection window so there is a real possibility that the inspectors may show up while this situation is still going on.

Thanks for your help

Tony R

I can not even begin to imagine what anyone would use to base any problem with storing those reagents in your refrigerator. Many of our small rural facilities have only one refrigerator and it is a blood bank refrigerator that does double and triple duty for the entire lab. I think you can find something elses to worry about.

Thanks John

Tony