Automation
What does a flashing red light on the BOM indicate?
The BOM needs to be recovered by ALO
Approximately how many tubes does one large clear bucket hold?
400
How long are breaks supposed to be?
10 minutes with 5-minute grace to walk back.
What are the three IATA violations?
No requisition, No absorbent, no bag/no foil.
When you have a tube that is an incorrect tube but also an Unspun what would it be canceled as?
Incorrect tube/ Labeling error
In DMS/Flex Lab, when an IOM rack is full what color will it be?
Purple
What is lane 4 on IOM 1
XPT Clot lane
What are the four tube types (numbers) for Hematology?
LAV 25, LAV 31, Light Blue 32, Cherry Yellow 60
What type of samples do not get loaded on the line?
Unspun, Micro, Trace, problem tubes (if spotted)
How many identifiers does a handwritten tube need to process?
2, one must be the patient's name.
When there is a jam on the line, what does it look like and who should be notified?
Starting at what time and how often do the Line Status reports go out?
For a spilled tube, four things are needed in a SHIF report.
What happened, SID, was the spill cleaned, was a teammate exposed.
What temperature is considered out of stability range.
25 degrees Celsius and above
Manual Requisitions for HHD/PD are created in which two circumstances.
Requisition canceled by clinic and a Duplicate tube received (already resulted)
How long is the centrifuge's run time on the line?
12 Minutes
What does HVS stand for and how many tubes does one hold?
High Volume Storage
375,000
CS documented Daily maintenance is what, and what does it include?
Fluke Thermometer. Clean lens, clean housing, check battery, verify temperature calibration.
What is a TOP tube and how do you identify it?
Teammate tube, Starts with a T
What is the standard Overload Threshold for each department?
Hemo - 40
Special - 110
Auto - 130
What is a WBB and what is its purpose?
Wide Belt Buffer, to store carriers to allow room on the track. includes Empty Carriers, Overload, HVS Downtime.
The most important thing that needs to match on a tube while relabeling.
Patient Name
Who is responsible to email Logistics with incoming shipment updates?
One of the two teammates scheduled on IOM2
When grooming samples, what are we not suppose to do?
remove the gel, mix blood with serum.
What is an External Tube and how do you identify it?
A tube that should have gone to the clinic's STAT lab. the label will have no barcode, no requisition number and no MPI.