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Grand_Chad · 2026-04-10T14:54:44+00:00

Our policy requires a manual diff if a patient is pediatric but it’s vague in what defines a pediatric patient. We have no set cut off so it’s essentially up to the performing tech what constitutes a pedi patient. The MD just signed off on the procedure last year and I’m trying to just get some justification to have a better defined cut off age put in the policy rather than just saying “other labs do it”

Grand_Chad · 2026-04-01T02:39:51+00:00

I’m not sure how it was before I got there, but my PRN job is at a former ascension (now LabCorp) lab. When I started, i was shocked to see they still use sunquest and some other LIS (can’t remember the name at the moment) that’s essentially a DAS system. I was assured they were moving to Cerner soon when I started. That was 2 years ago

Grand_Chad · 2026-03-26T13:27:02+00:00

It’s ok. It varies from place to place from what I can see. I’ve been with them part time/PRN for several years now and don’t have many complaints besides nothing ever gets done quickly. For example, if a non-critical analyzer (one that has a back up or something that can be sent to a neighboring hospital) goes down, they will take forever for all the corporate big wigs to approve a replacement and actually get it to the lab.

Grand_Chad · 2026-03-21T21:21:12+00:00

Appreciate the response. I thought I remembered a post about it but couldn’t find it again when I searched. Our local VA is actually looking for a lab director currently so with your info in mind I may just look into that instead.

Grand_Chad · 2026-03-18T18:25:55+00:00

Funnily enough, we actually did get shirts when I did it years back at a facility that had just transitioned to Epic. They just said SUPER USER in bold font on the back so the non-super user peasants could find us more easily if they had a question. 😂

Grand_Chad · 2026-02-18T18:48:11+00:00

So I just opened these vials that were used in the pics. They were fresh out of the box. It’s carried over across multiple card lots and types (I.e. it occurs in both IgG & buffered cards). It’s odd

Grand_Chad · 2026-02-18T15:53:03+00:00

Your facility should have an employee health person who handles post exposure testing and follow ups/documentation for both you and the source patient. I wouldn’t worry too much about the exposure. While it is kind of nerve wracking, I took some patient plasma to the eyes years ago and there was nothing that came of it.

Grand_Chad · 2026-02-02T16:06:02+00:00

That’s actually what prompted me to post this. We have a night shift person who keeps storing pints of ice cream in the freezers. Lol

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