Good luck!!!

hello fellow blood bankers-

i want to share my joy with you all. On friday, i sat for the sbb exam and

i passed it

on the first try! It was very stressful and intense, and i am so glad that it is over. For anyone out there who is considering taking the test, i wish you all the luck in the world! There is another thread out there about tips for passing the exam...i went through a caahep program, used the technical manual, denise harmening's "modern blood banking and transfusion practices" (5th ed), and the blood group antigen facts book as my primary study materials. I also want to say what a valuable resource this website is -- especially the case studies!

http://www.indianablood.org/educationtraining/pages/specialisteducation.aspx

:hooray::hooray:

-heather

congratulations! I know exactly how you feel. I passed my sbb last year after a year of struggle and grief. Hooray to ibc!

I think L106 means "SBB exam", but I listed my resources in my original post, too. Good luck if you choose to self-study!

Yes, I meant SBB. (Sorry!) Surely it wasn't a Freudian slip when I typed "BSS" (as in "BS") instead of "SBB"!! (Just teasing!)

Your son is beautiful!!

Donna

:bow:Congrats! Heather.

Mary from Columbus

Congratulations Heather,

You're my hero. I'll be joining a group of co-workers soon, who will study with me for the SBB exam. Just what is CAAHEP?

Thanks,

Mel

Special Congratulations on Passing the SBB! I studied the same texts in minute detail along with the Standards. I did not take any special courses. Just studied A LOT on my own. It took me 2 tries but it was a total feeling of ELATION and PRIDE when I saw that PASS flash on the exam screen! This Site is fantastic for information helpful to passing the exam. At least 3-5 questions were related to Malcom Needs' posts. Everyone here is so helpful and Blood Bank intelligent I don't think I would have passed without the support of Blood Bank Talk members.

So Celebrate! You earned it!

Best Regards:D

Congratulations Heather,

You're my hero. I'll be joining a group of co-workers soon, who will study with me for the SBB exam. Just what is CAAHEP?

Thanks,

Mel

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education

http://www.caahep.org/

That is awesome. Hopefully this will lead to bigger and better things!!!

Congratulations Heather for the new mile stone in your professional life.

Congratulations. Yes it is a hard exam and I too would never have passed it without going through a SBB program. I can recommend the program at Rush University.

Could anyone please give me more info. about this university and the program? By the way, I am in Canada. Thanks a lot!

Rush's SBB Program Director is Yoland Sanchez, MT(ASCP)SBB, phone (312) 942-2402, Email address yolanda_sanchez@rush.edu .

Google "Rush SBB Program" to get more information.

Donna