Hello everyone. I am currently a 3rd year biomed student hoping to specialise in blood transfusion.

I work in a small hospital in the leafy suburbs of wimbledon.My third year project is validation of our diamed gel station analyser.Have currently little BT knowledge and would be grateful for information regarding good resource sites.Stumbled upon bloodbank talk and so glad i did informative helpful and most pleasing is the members obvious enthusiam for their specialities.

Hi Marion

I am sure the transfusionguidelines website is familar already but they have some good docs on validation on there

http://www.transfusionguidelines.org/index.asp?Publication=REGS&Section=23&pageid=504

http://www.transfusionguidelines.org/index.asp?Publication=REGS&Section=23&pageid=1214

also of course the bcsh guideline website

http://www.bcshguidelines.com/publishedHO.asp?tf=Blood%20Transfusion&status=

good luck

Hello Marion

As far as I am aware the overwhelming majority of labs in the UK have this analyser. I'm sure many of these labs have already done this work and will have the relevant templates. I suggest you contact your local DiaMed rep, who should be able to help you. Also, have you tried the Institute forum (For non-UK blood bank talkers, the Institute is the British Institute of Biomedical Sciences. They too have a discussion forum - only open to members of the Institute - and - they'll probably kill me for saying this, but nowhere near as interesting as this one!!). You could post an enquiry there

Thanks very much for info really helpful im beginning to feel more confident about my project now and cant wait to get started.thanks again

Welcome Marion !

We hope you enjoy a career in blood transfusion- it is great fun (challenging at times, but satisfying). Please spread the word about this site to fellow transfusion students. Rememberif you need help or reassurance with topics for work/ college....ask - you now have a few thousand international colleagues.

Thanks very much Rashmi its nice to know there are people out there willing to help quite looking forward to my project now rest assured will be passing the link for bloodbank talk on so glad i found it

Rashmi & Malcom,

I enjoy comments from both of you and all other UK blood bankers. Cliff....this is very exciting that we have active participation from different countries &/or continents.

Hi aakupaku- thanks

This forum is fun and I agree it's exciting talking to others so far away . Helping each other in this way with the understanding and dealing with transfusion problems is wonderful.. We just need to spread the word even more ......Australia, Asia, Africa !! ( poor Cliff- I hope the site can cope with the additional thousands that may log on !!!)

Edited May 5, 200916 yr by RR1
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Hi Marion,

If you write to the RCI Department of your local Blood Centre (which I think is Tooting), we can supply you with what the NBS did to validate these machines (although, having said that, we don't have one at Tooting). I'll forward anything to my colleagues at the various Centres that do, and we'll try to get something to you.

Thank you so much.I cant believe how helpful you guys are. To say im impressed is an understatement

thanks again Malcolm so glad i picked transfusion as my project now

Thanks for the fantastic links provided by Pluto. I am also very interested in, and want to learn more in how to do the evaluation in blood banking automation, fridges, anti-sera/typing sera, etc.

CK Cheng, MSc, SBB(ASCP), CQA(ASQ)

Hong Kong

May 7, 2009

Its a pleasure Marion.

Don't forget that we are all still learning, however old we (or, at least, I, at 728 years!) might be!

I've learned a lot since I've joined BloodBankTalk, and I haven't been here very long.

Edited May 7, 200916 yr by Malcolm Needs
Got the name of the site incorrect. Whoops!!!!

Marion, if you email me- I have found a validation protocol for the Diamed analysers I could send you asap. Don't forget that Validation is an integral part of the 'Change Control' process, and the protocol should be approved at a quality meeting to check you have covered all the requirements and have resources etc in place.

Hi Rashmi

thank you. very much appreciated

Hi malcolm thanks again for your offer of help i will be sending letter shortly.

thanks again

No problem whatsoever.