by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Reverse Grouping In ABO grouping, the testing of the patient’s serum or plasma against, at minimum, A1 and B reagent RBCs (the process is also known as “serum grouping” or the slang term “back typing”). The interpretation of this...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Operational Qualification A part of a validation protocol for a particular piece of equipment, abbreviated “OQ.” This is the part of validation that people associate most with the process. The point of OQ is to test the limits of the equipment...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 22, 2016
Glossary WBIT Abbreviation for “Wrong Blood In Tube,” also known informally as the blood banker’s worst nightmare! In other words, the tube says this is patient A’s blood, but it actually contains blood from patient B. A 2006 article (AJCP...
by Joe Chaffin | Apr 27, 2020 | BBGuy Podcast, Special Topic |
Hospital transfusion committees: Effective or a necessary evil? Carolyn Burns guides you to a better experience! NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. Let’s be honest: Some hospital transfusion committees feel...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 22, 2016
Glossary Transfusion Medicine A field of medicine that is a hybrid of laboratory and clinical practices. Transfusion medicine physicians are pathologists, hematologists, anesthesiologists, and pediatricians that are experts in the science and practice of blood...
