What is the difference between these two products:

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[TR]

[TD]E0661

[/TD]

[TD]Y

[/TD]

[TD]Apheresis RED BLOOD CELLS|CP2D>AS3/XX/refg|Irradiated|ResLeu:<5log6

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]

[/TD]

[TD]

[/TD]

[TD]

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]

[/TD]

[TD]

[/TD]

[TD]

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]E4550

[/TD]

[TD]Y

[/TD]

[TD]Apheresis RED BLOOD CELLS|CP2D─AS3/XX/refg|Irradiated|ResLeu:<5log6

[/TD]

[/TR]

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(Note the > vs. -) I cannot find anything in ICCBBA that indicates a difference…

Thanks

Did you contact the ICCBBA?

No, but I did find out that the (-) code has been retired...column at the very end of the db. :-(

What is the difference between these two products:

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[TR]

[TD]E0661

[/TD]

[TD]Y

[/TD]

[TD]Apheresis RED BLOOD CELLS|CP2D>AS3/XX/refg|Irradiated|ResLeu:<5log6

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]E4550

[/TD]

[TD]Y

[/TD]

[TD]Apheresis RED BLOOD CELLS|CP2D─AS3/XX/refg|Irradiated|ResLeu:<5log6

[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

(Note the > vs. -) I cannot find anything in ICCBBA that indicates a difference…

Thanks

As you noted, E4550 was retired, and you also noted the difference between the ">" and the "─". All you need is a little history! Originally ">" was for whole blood derived, and "─" was for apheresis derived red cells. Then we decided "Apheresis" was already part of the name of an apheresis red cell and we didn't need twice as many codes. So, we retired all the "─" codes (when we developed a method of retiring codes in 2008).

Thanks! That is awesome to understand the thinking behind the scenes. It generally helps me remember things better! So how about a suggestion to create an "active" db and a "retired" db. You could keep an overall db with everything in there, but then separate the db's so I won't mess up again. :-)