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Transfusing A2 patients - BloodBankTalk - PathLabTalk
Jan 31, 2013 · What are your practices transfusing A2 patients. Do you automatically transfuse O type blood or do you wait until that patient presents with an Anti-A1?
'HTLA' - Immunohematology Reference Laboratories - PathLabTalk
Jun 17, 2012 · Hi all,I am currently trying to revise the antibody identification guidelines when one suspect a 'HTLA' like antibody. I know some reference lab out there try to identify the specificity …
Help with softbank - BloodBankTalk - PathLabTalk
Jan 7, 2009 · I have just started a new position and am responsible for the blood bank section. The blood bank supervisor left unexpectedly, leaving no one familiar with all the aspects of softbank. Can …
Reference Laboratory Contract? - BloodBankTalk - PathLabTalk
Nov 19, 2007 · Is it required to have a contract with reference laboratories to perform Blood Bank workups? Or is it adequate to have documentation that the reference lab is CMS and AABB or …
CMV- charge - Billing - PathLabTalk
May 22, 2008 · Hello all....When you get a CMV- unit from your supplier (ARC). You need to pay for this product( of course). How do you charge for this CMV- unit at your facility ...
Manual differential correlation between technologists
Oct 7, 2015 · I've been trying to figure out how to correlate the technologists differential with each other. There should be some sort of agreement but I cannot find anywhere on the net what is acceptable …
How to charge for pooled CRYO? - BloodBankTalk - PathLabTalk
Nov 18, 2008 · We get pooled CRYO from our blood supplier, United Blood Services, as we are unable to relabel onsite pooled products. My question is, how do you charge for it? We have a P code of …
CAP TRM.40250 specimen/requisition verification - PathLabTalk
Jul 9, 2013 · At our last CAP inspection we were found deficient in this standard because our LIS has a limitation on the number of characters it can print on a specimen label. When the patient name …
HCV Lookback - BloodBankTalk - PathLabTalk
Sep 27, 2011 · We recently received notification from our blood supplier that a donor of a blood product we transfused tested positive for Anti-HCV EIA, Intermediate RIBA 3.0, Negative NAT. The patient …