What does your Components department do when they receive units from Collections where satellite bags are not labeled? Do you discard the unit or do you label the satellite bags using extra unit numbers from the back of the main bag?

We will use extra unit numbers from the back of the main bag as long as everything is still integrally connected.

We will use extra unit numbers from the back of the main bag as long as everything is still integrally connected.

We were thinking of doing that but the process we were following before was to discard the unit if the satellite bags are not labeled. The reason behind this is that it appears that the required second label check was not performed. AABB Std. 5.1.6.3.1

We appreciate other opinions or comments about this issue.

Thanks so much

I would expect that your 2nd label check (or first) would allow you to label an integrally attached secondary bag. Once the bag becomes unattached that labeling would be suspect. Blood is too valuable a resource to discard for such an event.

Thank you for both for your helpful input.