MODERATOR
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SPEAKER
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Colleen Aronson, MT(ASCP)SBB, Regional Director of Transfusion Services, ACL Laboratories/ Advocate Hospitals
Jovona Powelson, BS, MLT (ASCP), Manager, Product Testing Laboratory and Technical Consultant, Community Blood Center
Merilyn Wiler, MT(ASCP)SBB, MA Ed, Customer Regulatory Support Specialist, CaridianBCT
Apheresis Product QC Overview of the Rules
Helen Pleasant, MA, MT(ASCP), Manufacturing Process Specialist, Blood Systems
A New Approach to Selecting Product QC
Description
Today blood centers and hospitals collect more and more blood products on automated platforms. These type of products have changed routine collections and the way product quality control testing is performed. The regulations that govern the QC process have been updated to keep pace with the new technology. White technology is changing to ensure an overall statistically-based level of product conformance, how do we know that we are meeting these requirements and how do we track all of this information? This session will discuss some of the requirements and look at how 2 blood centers handle tracking of the QC information.
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Discuss how to track the different instruments to ensure statistical sampling for the different pieces of equipment and types of equipment.
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Discuss what QC testing is required for products collected on an automated (apheresis) platform.
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Explain the management of how many products to test from the different type of collection processes: plateletpheresis, double RBC, single RBC, concurrent RBC/Platelets.
CE Category | CE Value |
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California Clinical Laboratory Personnel |
1.5 |
California Nurse |
1.8 |
Florida Laboratory Personnel |
1.8 |
General Attendee |
1.5 |
Physician |
1.5 |
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