fetaldex/kb test

We did 31 KB for Fetal Bleed last year. We have more techs than that who perform blood banking. Performing less than one a year of any manual test does not keep you competent. Plus I'm sure man of the techs who perform it would disagree with you about it being an easy test to master.

We would love to pass it on to Hemo, but can't get anyone else to love (or at least not hate) the test either!

We do the KB in the Blood Bank but only on day shift. I agree BSIPHERD that it is not necessarily an easy test to master. It is also difficult to maintain competnecy for a procedure that is not performed frequently. That is why we do the test on day shift only and have only a few techs that are proficient in this procedure. Some of the OB/GYNs are not happy that we don't do the test STAT but fortunately it is not the only diagnostic tool that they have in the event of trauma to a pregnant patient.