Transfusion Medicine · stage 2 of 6

Worth testing, or not

Everything between the courier bag and the first pipette. You will be able to receive and register specimens, judge what is fit to work on, reject and escalate what is not, and decide what gets done first when four requests land at once.

Work through these in order

1. 1Packing and shipping samples and components safelySafety
2. 2Deciding which specimen travels firstSpecimen Collection
3. 3Capturing the specimen accurately in the laboratory systemSpecimen Collection
4. 4Judging whether a sample can be trustedSpecimen Collection
5. 5Reading the specimen's appearance before testingPreparation and Testing
6. 6Judging whether the sample is fit to testPreparation and Testing
7. 7Spotting the mismatch before it becomes an incidentSpecimen Collection
8. 8Escalating a breach the moment you find itReporting and Communication
9. 9Ordering the workload when several requests land togetherProfessionalism
10. 10Ordering the bench work once specimens arriveSpecimen Collection

This reading order is MLTPrep’s own. To browse the same material filed against the competency areas instead, go back to the Transfusion Medicine study guide.

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