Quarterly Quality Indicators

As your partner in caring for the patient’s you serve, we are now providing Quarterly Quality Indicators. Our desire is to make this information available to you to demonstrate quality measurement of our staff, products, and services. We have selected 5 points that reflect these aspects and will provide an update on a quarterly basis. 

Quarterly Quality Indicator Report

Quarter: 

Second

Year: 

2023

Report Date: 

8/15/2023

 

 

 

 

3rd quarter 2022

4th quarter 2022

1st quarter

2023

2nd quarter

2023

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Laboratory Proficiency Testing Results – pass rate of 100%

 

 

x

¨

¨

x

Apheresis Platelet Storage Quality Control- pass rate of ≥95%

 

 

x

x

x

x

Quarterly Blood Component Shipment Temperature Quality Control- no temperature excursions

 

x

x

x

x

Automated Red Blood Cell residual WBC Quality Control – pass rate of ≥95%

 

 

x

x

x

x

Post-Leukoreduction Red Blood Cell Recovery Quality Control – pass rate of ≥95%

 

x

x

x

x

 

Comments

 4th quarter 2022 one of the 2 DAT samples for C3 testing was reported as positive.  Intended result was negative. 

1st quarter 2023 one Hgb failure where the reported result had an SDI of =/- 6.7. One failure on the Rh challenge, reported as negative, intended result was positive.  One failure on titer survey, result reported was one titer higher than the acceptable range.