We scheduled for an appointment to the head of the Blood Bank Transfusion Service but when we arrived there she was not there so we waited for a while.
After waiting for about 15 mins, Leizl and I decided to why not went to the nearby pharmacy stores and ask for the managers if we could proposed a system to them. We went to Botika ng Bayan, unfortunately they just had their system being replaced months ago. She was very accomodating and even suggested to why not try those other pharmacy stores who still doesn’t have a system. We also went to the other pharmacy but same thing in our previous experiences in looking for possible companies they are not willing to invest in an automated system and the incharge is not around.
We went back to the DMC, since the head is still not around one of the staff entertained us. She explained to us the flow of activities they had from receiving the blood up to the recording and other matters. We were able to picture out that our scope is not actually small but a big one since we will be handling different records from different departments. It was a combination of record and inventory plus the Nurse station, Ward, Medtech department and other patient’s corner.
We got to talk to the clerk also and he is just kind. We stayed there for almost 2 hours with our stomach growling because we still have not taken our breakfast. We have met so many patients and we’re looking for the different forms they have issued.
Here are the names of the different papers(forms) we have gathered:
1. Blood Bank Monitoring Card
2. Rquest form for thawing of fresh frozen plasma bag, thawing of cryoprecipitate/cryosupermate and others
3. Blood Typing
4.Issuance of Transfusion Service ( with corresponding prices)
5. Compatibility Test Results
6. Blood Pool Withdrawal/Replacement Slip
7. Claim Stub
8. Request for Crossmatching
9. Waiver for Release of Uncrossmatched Blood
10. Blood Transfusion Form
11. Acknowledgement of Blood Deposit
12. Waiver of Blood Transfusion Service
We were so satisfied with the meeting. We learned so many things.