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Could someone kindly provide cooler validation and QC procedure for coolers used for OR, ER or any other in house departments. Thank you in advance.

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  • mollyredone
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    I validate our coolers once a year with two expired PRBCs and an NIST thermometer for 6 hours.  The boxes we used for blood sent to our ED and OR are validated by our blood supplier.

  • I validate my coolers with 1 unit (needs cold pack to validate for 24 hours) and 6 units at room temp and in a refrigerator (OR is very cold).  Transport coolers go through the same thing, but I also

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I validate our coolers once a year with two expired PRBCs and an NIST thermometer for 6 hours.  The boxes we used for blood sent to our ED and OR are validated by our blood supplier.

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I validate my coolers with 1 unit (needs cold pack to validate for 24 hours) and 6 units at room temp and in a refrigerator (OR is very cold).  Transport coolers go through the same thing, but I also validate them for extreme temps (1 and 6 units) usually only good for 1-3 hour.  I generate a very cold environment by putting the cooler in the freezer.  The very hot environment I put the cooler in my car on a hot summer day.

This is done every 6 months.

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Thank you both. Actually I am looking for a log & written procedure/policy if anyone can share please.......

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