I know there are hospitals that irradiate all red cells and platelets. How did you set your charges? Assuming there may be emergencies when it is not possible to irradiate units fast enough there will have to be charge codes for both irradiated and non irradiated products. Did you set the fee the same for both?

we irradiate all our plts. RBCs upon request.

The irradiation is charged separately.

we irradiate all our plts. RBCs upon request.

The irradiation is charged separately.

ditto

And us - I've only used irradiated platelets for years. Less wastage as you can use them for most patients

Our Irradiation charge is a separate charge in the computer that attaches to the units as we "modify" them from "not irradiated" to "irradiated" status. That way we can remove the charge if we have to use irradiated units on someone who doesn't really need them - something we have to do sometimes just to keep them from being lost.