| Date Posted |
Subject |
| Feb. 21, 2012 |
Pathologist review of antibody panels- revisited |
| Dec. 4, 2011 |
How can a blood donor center ensure compliance with changes or new state and federal regulations? |
| Nov. 19, 2011 |
REACTIVATED DISCUSSION: Benchmarks in Transfusion Medicine |
| Nov. 10, 2011 |
Statistics requested on blood donations in California |
| Nov. 27, 2009 |
Blood Bank Director review and sign-off for antibody investigation, including antibody panels ADDENDA Dec. 12 & 29; Jan. 20, 2010 |
| Oct. 12, 2009 |
Reimbursement for performing ABO confirmation testing on a second separately collected specimen ADDENDA Oct. 26 |
| Aug. 25, 2009 |
Blood bank and/or hospital transfusion service medical directors (pathologists or hematologists) without formal blood bank fellowship training |
| Aug. 11, 2009 |
Under what circumstances can a hospital provide blood products for a community dialysis center which is 'free standing' and not associated with the hospital? ADDENDA Aug. 18 |
| Feb. 26, 2009 |
CONTINUED DISCUSSION: Comments requested on Joint Commission meeting to determine the need to incorporate blood management performance measures into their survey and accreditation process ADDENDA Oct. 4 & Nov. 19 |
| Feb. 10, 2009 |
Pros
and Cons of the Transfusion Service Laboratory being
located in an open area of the Core Laboratory ADDENDA Feb. 12 |
| Jan. 8, 2009 |
Centralized Transfusion Services |
| Sept. 15, 2008 |
Irradiation
reimbursement ADDENDA Sept.
29; Mar. 6, 2009 |
| Sept. 2, 2008 |
Proper (compliant) billing practices for complicated serologic work ups for neonates |
| June 24, 2008 |
Is it permissible for Medical Assistants or trained individuals who have been certified as Donor Screeners to read Total Protein levels on donors, provided the personnel are under the direct supervision of a Physician? |
| Mar. 13, 2008 |
What
benchmarking data is available? |
| Aug. 21, 2008 |
Blood utilization data for Obstetric and Gynecologic procedures? |
| May 16, 2008 |
Guidelines for
acceptable levels of outdating and wastage? ADDENDA May 30 |
| Nov. 15, 2007 |
How
to properly charge for antigen typing of donor units when trying
to find phenotype matched blood for a patient with multiple red cell
alloantibodies |
| May 22, 2007 |
How are Transfusion Services documenting peer review of Medical Director competence? ADDENDA June 8 |
| Jan. 27, 2007 |
Are
transfusion services in California utilizing
non-Clinical Laboratory Scientists (CLS) within
their laboratories, and if so, in what capacities? ADDENDA Feb.
2, 3, 7 & 26; June 12 & July 6 |
| Mar. 23, 2007 |
Are Transfusion Services billing separately for FFP thawing? |
| Mar. 13, 2007 |
Corrective actions for mistakenly reporting an incompatible RBC donor unit as crossmatch compatible when it is not ADDENDA Mar. 19 |
| Feb. 19, 2007 |
Comments
requested on Joint Commission meeting to determine
the need to incorporate blood management performance
measures into their survey and accreditation process ADDENDA Feb.
20 & Mar. 17; July 25, 30 & 31, Aug. 12,
17, 21 & 22, 2008 |
| Jan. 9, 2007 |
Medicare
reimbursement policy for pre-operative use of
erythropoietin to optimize hemoglobin prior to
elective surgery ADDENDA Jan.
15 & 26; Oct. 6 |
| Mar. 31, 2006 |
Has any hospital implemented a blood management program that is directed by the same physician who provides the medical direction of the transfusion medicine service and the medical direction of the blood management program? ADDENDA Apr. 4 & 9 |
| Feb. 10, 2006 |
Does your emergency/disaster plan include a reliable way to contact amateur radio operators, in the event that emergency amateur radio communications are required? ADDENDA Feb. 25, Mar. 12, 14, 23, 25 & 29 |
| Jan. 22, 2006 |
Is it possible to incorporate a transfusion service laboratory into a core laboratory? ADDENDA Mar. 13, 15 & 23 |
| Jan. 18, 2006 |
Suggestions for the reporting of sensitive genetic test results ADDENDA Jan. 19, 20 & 21; Feb. 8 |
| Dec. 21, 2005 |
Increasing the visibility of the Circular of Information ADDENDA Dec. 22 |
| Oct. 27, 2005 |
Accreditation and criteria for development of a "bloodless" hospital or surgery center ADDENDA Oct. 28, 31 & Nov. 7 |
| Aug. 3, 2005 |
Reporting of Critical Values by transfusion service laboratories ADDENDA Aug. 4, 5, 6, 8 & 10; Sept. 14 & 15 |
| Aug. 1, 2005 |
Interpretation of a notice from the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians to Blood Banks and Pheresis Settings |
| June 14, 2005 |
Evaluating the e-Network Forum and CBBS Website |
| Nov. 23, 2004 |
Integration of transfusion avoidance and conservation programs with Hospital Transfusion Committees ADDENDA Nov. 24 & 26 |
| Nov. 18, 2004 |
Acceptability of conducting Utilization Review Committee meetings by e-mail ADDENDA Nov. 19 |
| Aug. 17, 2004 |
Implementing a home transfusion program |
| June 28, 2004 |
Practical concerns regarding the location of a hospital blood bank away from the operating rooms ADDENDA June 29 & July 8; Feb. 26, 2007 |
| May 15, 2004 |
Which hospital department(s) should manage the storage, dispensing, reconstitution and administration of clotting factor concentrates? ADDENDA May 17 & 19 |
| Mar. 4, 2004 |
Managing new billing codes for CMV antibody negative blood products; ADDENDA Mar. 5 |
| Dec. 27, 2003 |
Advantages and challenges of a centralized off-site transfusion service for hospitals ADDENDA Dec. 27; Jan. 3 & 8, 2004 |
| Sept 25, 2003 |
Will a policy of standing orders for irradiation of blood products affect third-party reimbursement? ADDENDA Sept. 25 |
| Aug 16, 2003 |
How Well Do You Know Your Emergency Power System? ADDENDA Aug. 28, Oct. 7 & 8 |
| Aug 5, 2003 |
Questionnaires to identify donors or staff who might have latex allergy ADDENDA Aug. 6 & 7 |
| Feb. 15, 2003 |
Planning for a natural or man-made disaster at hospitals and blood centers ADDENDA Feb. 16 & 24; Apr. 21 & 27, 2007 |
| Jan. 23, 2003 |
How has the e-Network Forum been helpful to colleagues in transfusion medicine? ADDENDA Jan. 27, 28 & 30; Feb. 2, 4, 5, 6 & 10; Mar. 31; April 7, 10, 23, 28 & May 14; July 31; Aug. 6 & 11, 2003 ..... |
| Nov. 9, 2002 |
Experience with benchmarking data to improve local practices in transfusion medicine |
| Nov. 7, 2002 |
Reimbursement for the computer crossmatch procedure - re-revisited (from Aug. 29, 2002) |
| Aug. 29, 2002 |
Reimbursement for the computer crossmatch procedure - revisited; ADDENDA Apr. 20, 22, 25; Nov. 17 & 21, 2005; Jan. 24 & Feb. 13, 2006 |
| April 12, 2002 |
Does your hospital have a problem with STAT pre-transfusion testing orders for elective scheduled surgery? ADDENDA April 13 & 16, Dec. 30 & 31, 2005; Jan. 2, 5 & 8, 2006 |
| Feb. 10, 2002 |
Getting paid when you do the computer crossmatch procedure ADDENDA Mar 27, April 3 & 6 |
| Nov. 28, 2001 |
Implementing a hemodilution program |
| April 9, 2001 |
Managing Emergency Blood Needs in Hospitals Whose Lab is Not Staffed During the "Graveyard" Shift ADDENDA April 10, 2001) |
| June 15, 2000 |
Billing codes for Unusual Transfusions |
| Mar. 17, 1999 |
Can hospitals charge more for blood than what they paid? |
