Hey folks,

My name is Craig and I'm starting up a blood banking service for cats and dogs at the clinic where I work. I'm scouring the land for cheap, second hand, dusty equipment that I can get for cheap or free. I think that all that I need is a blood bank centrifuge (for separating red cells from plasma), a sterile tube welder, and possibly a vacuum system for getting blood from dogs.

If any of you have any leads in the southeast United States I would be extremely grateful. If you have any tips or hints to make my road a little less bumpy, I'd appreciate those as well.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Craig, DVM

Hey there, I'm Craig and I'm an emergency veterinarian. I'm trying to get a blood bank up and running in my clinic so that I can produce blood products for cats and dogs. I'm hoping that this site will offer me some good tips on some of the basics with respect to equipment and such. I think that I am likely working on a much more basic level than many of you, but I hope to garner some useful info.

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HI FOR ALL
History: 21 y old man came to donate his blood in the blood bank for his mother ,

he was ok and eligible for donation,

C.B.C WITHEN NORMAL RANGES AND DAT WAS NEGATIVE AND VIROLOGY ,PRP, MALARIA AND NAT WERE NIGATIVE ALSO.

HOWEVER, IN GEL CARD AND BY TUBE TEST HIS BLOOD GROUP IN FOREWARD B+VE

BUT THE REVERSE SHOWS +2 IN A1 AND B CELLS AND BY CELL TYPING THE ANTI-H WAS POSITIVE.

THE GEL CARD WAS DONE TWICE BY MONOCLONAL AND HUMAN

THE GEL CARD WAS FROM THE DIAMED COMPANY.

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Previously, I mentioned requiring complete information to accept a specimen. Standards are just 2 "identifiers." However, in our Lab Guide and in my BB Policy, I established that to be First and Last Name and MR#' Outpatients w/o MR# are complete name and D.O.B. The problem that has come up twice in the past week are 2 different patients who had such long last names that part or all of the first name was missing. Now I did phlebotomy in College, in my internship and the 5 years at my first job (Techs. had to help with morning pick-up help) and I would have had to write any missing information on the specimen before submitting it (i.e. missing letters of first name).
The push-back I am getting from both the in- and out- patient phlebotomy managers, as well as Nursing is that all other hospital documents just require 2 identifiers and that as long as the specimen has 2 identifiers (i.e. maybe not complete name but has MR# and D.O.B.) that we should not be rejecting the specimen.
So, I do not want to be totally unreasonable. ;) What are your thoughts and/or practices??
Thanks
Brenda Hutson, CLS(ASCP)SBB