Transfusion Medicine

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• Educational Documents

   

  Topic:	Distribution Date
  Crossmatch Techniques	February 2012
  Use of Accreditation and Proficiency Testing Data for Continuous Performance Improvement	February 2011
  Reagents/Methods in Use by ALQEP Transfusion Medicine Participants	November 2009
  Patient Identification for Transfusion	September 2009
  Investigation of Discrepant Pretransfusion Testing	March 2008
  Reagents/Methods in Use by ALQEP Transfusion Medicine Participants	June 2007
  Laboratory Management of Adverse Transfusion Effects	June 2006
  Reagents/ Methods in Use by ALQEP Transfusion Medicine Participants	October 2005
  Perinatal Serologic Testing	March 2005
  Serologic Investigation of Fetal-Maternal Hemorrhage	September 2004
  Direct Antiglobulin Test	October 2003

• General

  • Annual ALQEP Statement of Activities - Full Report
    • Transfusion Medicine Section 
  • Unnecessary Pretransfusion Tests in Smaller Laboratories – Beverly Padget MLT ART &
    Judith Hannon MD FRCPC**
  • Inclusion of Control Test with Anti-D Pretransfusion Testing – Beverly Padget MLT ART & Judith Hannon MD FRCPC**
  • Alberta Perinatal Testing Program Biannual Report 

  **The following documents are available for by contacting the ALQEP Coordinator.

• Loan Library

  The following materials are available on loan to laboratories within the province of Alberta ONLY. Please contact the ALQEP Technical Assistant for further information. Other individuals or organizations can obtain information about purchasing these materials from the suppliers directly.
   
  CLSI Document Library & Guidelines:

  Please contact the ALQEP Technical Assistant for further information..

  Other individuals or organizations can obtain information about purchasing these materials from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute directly at (610) 688-0100 or from their web site: www.clsi.org

  Go to the ALQEP Index of CLSI/NCCLS Standards & Guidelines

  Video Loan Library:

  • CLSI Educational Video – Champions for Change: Creating a Quality System Model (Based on CLSI guideline GP26-A)
  • National Blood Service Video – The Strange Case of Penny Allison (Illustrates common blood transfusion errors)

  CD Loan Library:

  • AABB Guidelines:  Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services, 1-24th Editions, 2006 (AABB 1-24)