Our hospital is opening a new ER in April and a new pneumatic tube sytem is being installed. The ER does want the Transfusion Service to tube blood and blood products. Can anyone send me a procedure or give me suggestions as to what initially I should validate.

Thanks,

Cterranova

Buffalo

There are several other threads on this site that discuss this topic. One of the other posts mentioned that there is a book titled "Guidelines for Pneumatic Tube Delivery Systems: Validation and Use to Transport Blood Components" published by the AABB (American Association of Blood Banks.) Their website is www.aabb.org.bookstore .