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I think my biggest strength is my desire to get it right because I understand providing clinicians with incorrect information can be deadly. I take my time and I dont mind asking questions.

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I think my biggest weakness in BB is like many people Antibody ID. For me there were very few times that I was actually performed the testing. I believe most of my experience has been in theory for coursework and post cap. I definitely leaned on my supervisors to ensure I did not miss a step.

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I think I do really well with the manual portion of tests. DAT's, ABO typing and solving antibody panels! It's like solving a puzzle so anytime in the lab when I have the opportunity I really enjoy it.

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One thing I would like to become stronger at in blood bank is understanding more of the methodical concepts in blood bank. I feel like my understanding of antibody behavior's is not the best.

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My strengths in blood bank as a whole would be performing fetal bleed screens, cord blood evals and knowing when they're contaminated, knowing when to assign products or when a pathologist approval for certain testing/transfusions is required. Interfering substances for antibody panels and performing Rhogam panels on labor and delivery patients.

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Although I am a generalist, antibody identification would be a weakness of mine as my hospital will send out everything that is not a passive-D due to Rhogam.

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My strength in the blood bank is running the actual tests in the lab (ABO blood typing, antibody screening ect.)

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Since I have not worked in a blood bank, I do not understand a lot of the concepts behind the testing and I don't fully understand the abnormal patients and how to resolve them.

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My biggest weakness in the blood bank is antibody identification, especially when there is more than one antibody present. Ruling out multiple antibodies can feel overwhelming, and I worry about missing something important. I also do not yet feel confident selecting the appropriate platelets for patients. Since blood bank work directly affects patient safety, this department feels intimidating to me. I understand that giving the wrong blood type or incompatible blood is life-threatening, which makes this area stressful. Even though blood bank is scary for me, I want to continue learning so I can become more confident and stronger in this department. Don’t get me wrong the ABO/RH I am comfortable with it’s just everything else. I’m not then when it comes to the genotype and phenotype scared of that too.

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My strengths in the blood bank include identifying a patient’s blood type through ABO and Rh testing. I am comfortable interpreting agglutination reactions and understanding what the results mean. I also feel confident verifying patient identification and understanding the importance of compatibility testing and crossmatching before issuing blood products.

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It has been a while since I have done blood bank so I may need refreshers on a lot of the blood bank basics as well

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My weaknesses in Blood Bank come from the whys and hows. When I was first placed into the department it was never something that was important in my training or competency. It was purely just a matter following the steps. Now as an experienced tech i've become more interested in why were adding a reagent and how it works or why the provider is selecting a specific unit for transfusion over the other.

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My strengths in Blood Bank are all practical, I can most technical practices with no assistance from SOP's. I can work my way from a type & screen, through an ID, to antigen typing the patient and units, to crossmatching.

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I feel like my weaknesses are based a lot in theory or the "why". I think I've gotten so much in the pattern of following an SOP that I've forgotten some of the why we do something or what that something indicates clinically. I mostly wish I had a better and deeper grasp and understanding with BB.

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I'm lucky in that I worked previously at a hospital that had a sickle cell clinic and a cancer center before moving to a trauma center, so I feel like I am strong in antibody work ups and I overall feel more confident in my blood banking skills and troubleshooting when it comes to blood banking.

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The one thing in blood bank that I seem to not remember is the equation for figuring out how many units of blood you need to test to find a certain number of antigen negative units based on the antibody you identify and the percentages of that antibody in a given population.

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I feel that blood bank as a whole is a strength for me considering I have worked in the department for almost 3 years. I look forward to what this course can add to my blood bank knowledge.

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My weakness in BB is one simple mistake in this department can cause life treating injuries. In other departments, like chemistry and hematology, there are fail safes to stop certain results from being released, there are checks in place to ensure the correct results are being reported. Im not sure how is in BB, but I feel like this is a high stressful department. Learning about it more in depth would probably ease some of my fears.

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Overall I'm weaker in the clinical setting than in the classroom. My clinical rotation for bloodbank was subpar, and I never had the opportunity during those clinicals to do any emergency releases, MTP's, or specialized testing. My lack of good clinical experience makes it harder for me to fully grasp some of the concepts, mainly because I don't understand exactly why the test is being done, or what exactly the results mean. DAT's and IAT's confuse me as well as crossmatching. Sometimes I mix up the antibodies and antigens because there's so many! I would love to become more confident in my abilities to work the bench.

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Strengths

I feel very confident in my ability to complete Antibody ID panels, it was my favorite part of bloodbank in MLT school. They feel like you're solving a puzzle and I love being able to solve the mystery of what's there. I'm also really confident in the basics such as forward and reverse types, and in my general book knowledge of antigens and antibodies. I feel better about taking tests in blood bank than actually performing the test in a clinical setting.

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My weaknesses in blood bank are that it’s been a couple of years since I worked in a blood bank so I may need a refresher on certain material like mother-baby. I work best with case studies because they have real application and require you to think as if you’re doing a real patient.

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my biggest strength is that I enjoy blood bank and am a quick learner to what I don’t yet know. I have experience in ABO typing, DAT, antibody panels, and some in mother-baby. I’m also familiar with blood components for transfusion (PRBC, IRBC, cryp, platelets).

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I would like to learn how to interpret complex antibody panels, rule out/in antibodies, and understand patterns better.

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When I am working by myself I find that I constantly reach out to management to make sure I am doing something correctly. Some might think that is a strength, but I see it as questioning my knowledge and abilities which sets back my confidence

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I feel confident in my abilities to grasp concepts of blood bank as well as hands on work. The high stress environment doesn't bother me.

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At my job we do not perform antibody panels, only the screens. I would like more practice in doing the panels and identifying antibodies. I have only worked with panels during my clinical rotations and in MLT school.

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I am confident in performing ABO/Rh along with antibody screens. I also do a good amount of DAT testing for cord blood samples at work.

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ANTIBODY IDENTIFICATION

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Strength

Basic performance of tube method of ABO/RH, antibody screens and DAT workups

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I have hard time grasping the ideal on how to do antibody panels. Crossmatching can become very difficult for me.

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My strength will be I enjoy doing ABO/RH blood groups.

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My weakness would be performing an antigram. I have never felt 100% confident in doing one. I have learned multiple times and did a lot of practices on them but my confidence is low. And the more I shy away from them, the more I forget the process of doing it.

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My strengths involve physically doing the work. DATs, crossmatching, and ABO/Rh. When I was doing my blood bank clinicals, I gotten into the grove and routine of doing these tests. It's been a long while since I did anything blood bank related but I loved going the steps and process and knowing I understood what to do.

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When it comes to blood banking weaknesses, I definitely feel as if I can become overwhelmed and almost shut down whenever too much is happening. Such as 3x antibody patients at once, one with a positive DAT and needing an elution while doctors are calling asking for blood....Or multiple MTPs simultaneously and scrambling to thaw and label product, and handle all the paperwork. It can get extremely overwhelming and feel as if I am drowning.

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When it comes to Blood Banking I feel like what I have always done well is organize my workflow with antibody positive patients. As soon as I had a feeling what the antibody might be (typically after screen+panel, potentially as im using extra cells to rule in/rule out) i'm already grabbing units for antigen typing and usually by the time the workup is done i'm already on to full crossmatching compatible units. My turnaround times for antibody IDs were always quite good.

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Keeping up with all the steps to identify an antibody, along with discrepancies.

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My weaknesses would be issuing out emergency blood due to all the steps that have to be done on the computer side of things.

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My strengths in blood Bank would be performing ABO/Rh, crossmatching, and antibody panels even though its been a few years since I worked in blood blank.

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If I had to say a "strength" it is that I am committed to learning and growing in confidence. I am determined to actually grasp things and solve the "puzzle" that is blood bank.

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My weakness is all of blood bank. I never quite grasped it until I did my clinicals and then things seemed to click but I never felt confident enough to work in a blood bank.

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My weakness in Blood Bank would be antibodies that show dosage and identifying multiple antibodies in a patient.

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My strength in Blood Bank would be performing ABO/Rh, ABS, Crossmatching, Cord bloods, RhIG, and Fetal Quantitation.  I also enjoy antibody panels it's like a puzzle. I have my fair share of Emergency Release and those are second nature.

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I'm liking blood bank. There is a lot to learn and I'm understanding what I've learned, so far.

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I don't have any experience in transfusion reactions. I would like to know more about that.

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I feel like I am good at understanding antigrams. I also feel comfortable with running our tests manually in the tubes.

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I'm not great at the theory aspect of blood bank other than the basics. My first 2 years of MLT school were during covid so it was really hectic and I didn't get any lecture time, only labs. I'm also an overthinker so sometimes blood bank can be overwhelming.

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I'm very confident in the hands-on aspect of blood banking; both tube method and semi-automated. I'm good at paying attention to detail and getting results out in a timely manner.

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I would say that my weakness would be understanding a positive DAT and what you would need to do for that.

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I would say that my strength in Blood bank would be the ABO compatibility and antibody panels. It's been a while since I've had to do an antibody panel so I think that I would need a refresher but I would always be able to find out the antibody and do the correct ABO.

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I think my biggest weakness is that I have not been exposed to much of the "weird" things that happen in blood bank. I have gotten a few antibodies and such but not very often because where I worked on third shift for so long we just didnt have a lot of volume in blood bank department.

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I feel like I am a good multi tasker in blood bank(I know that can be dangerous so I am very careful about it). I feel like I can handle the stress of completing tasks in a timely manner.

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My weakness is remembering specifics to each antibody because sometimes it gets jumbled and confusing. multiple antibodies especially since we only had to use a different antibody panel to pull rule out cells from because we don't have any enzymes to enhance or diminish antibodies to help identify multiple - we have to send sample out if unable to identify. I am a hands-on learner so not having the experience makes it harder to remember the information.

Have only experienced tube testing - never have performed blood bank testing with automation.

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I love blood bank and my main strength is patience/calm in the storm. Had emergency release during clinical with a nurse coming to the blood bank demanding the blood and trying to grab it from me before it was labeled. The blood bank section lead was with me at the time and she was feeling frazzled during the situation which she commended me after we got the blood issued for being so calm. Also with explaining to the nurse what we had to do before we could send the unit with her.

Confident with ABO/Rh/ABS/IAT/DAT

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Strengths in BB are ABOs, DATs, Crossmatching and my weaknesses is definitely doing the phenotypes for Weiner/FR

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I've always had a hard time with antibody panels. Though they've been explained and taught a million times, I never understood how to do them. The process of selecting blood for transfusion patients was not my best procedure either. Only because I didn't, necessarily, get any hands-on training with that. I was only limited to observation.

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My strength in blood bank is ABO typing and compatibility testing. As a matter of fact, it's my favorite part of blood bank. It's the beginning phase of any future blood transfusions. I'm always eager to know what a patient's blood type is, whether it's the most common (O positive) or the rarest form (AB negative). This brings so much excitement!

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My weakness in blood bank is making sure I know what to do for certain situations like a positive DAT or a patient with a transfusion reaction (which thankfully I have not had to work up.)

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My weakness is troubleshooting when we have back typing problems. I understand that sometimes there will be times that I cannot decipher these in my lab and it must be sent out for additional testing, but I would like to have a better grasp at why I can't figure it out myself.

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My strength in blood bank is I'm a quick learner and I actually like doing panels (as long it is not an emergency) the panels remind me of puzzles which I enjoy alot. I can be calm under pressure as long as I can get help immediately or I know what I'm supposed to do which will only come with experience in BB

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I really really dislike being rushed and pushed to complete testing and to select blood to patients as fast as possible. I like to make sure that all of the details are finished and line up but there is often such a push from the clinical care team (RNs and Drs) that you feel like you can't take the time to make sure that everything is right. I dread feeling rushed and anxious in those situations. I've been a blood banker for 3 years and still sometimes get flustered under pressure and have made it my goal going forward to always have a level head and to not let people like that get to me - patient safety always comes first.

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I really like doing antibody panels and taking the time to identify antibodies with extended testing (such as PeG and LISS). I like to be thorough and make sure that I'm doting all of my i's and crossing all of my t's.

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I would say that the skill I am most weak in is identification of antibodies. I think BB is a high stress section of the lab. I would like to be overall more confident and less nervous when working in blood bank.

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I say that my experience working in blood bank has been somewhat limited because I work with a generally healthy population and the majority of labs I have worked in have been operational or smaller. I believe that one of my strengths in blood bank however happens to be the deglycerolization of red blood cells I am also profecient in the tube testing method.

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My strengths in blood bank would be the ability to work under stress. I don't panic; the goal is to get everything done quickly but efficiently in an emergency. I can also perform the basics, ABO/Rh, regular type and screens. Usually when I get an ABO discrepancy, I can sometimes resolve it depending on the circumstances. Again, I do work in a small hospital, so we don't see or do as much.

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My weakness in blood bank would be some antibody panels. Some can be hard to identify. The lab that I work at doesn't do them if I had enough practice, I'm pretty sure I would be confident.. If I were to go to a different hospital and had to do them. I would struggle a little.

I am typically an overthinker so blood bank itself can stress me out sometimes. I actually do the month end reports at my job. My duty is to review all of the paperwork to make it nothing needs to be corrected. I love the fact that sometimes blood bank can be a challenge.

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My main weakness in blood banking comes when I am put on our crossmatching bench. XM is for the higher level and manual testing that is required for a workup and sometimes a patient will be put on the bridge for XM to complete and sometimes I am unsure of all the testing required to complete the workup properly. I know this comes with experience and I have a lot of techs who work on my shift with the same issue but I really want to feel more confident in my ability to properly work through each workup and not feel like I am forgetting something.

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Some of the things that I do not feel so good about are crossmatching. I believe once I revisit this and brush up on this I will be able to say I no longer feel insecure about this topic. Some of the other blood group systems I need a refresher on also. The only other thing I would like to work on is the different components of the blood and their storage and stability such as cryo and PPP etc.....Gels are another thing I am not great at either and need a refresher on

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Some of the things I feel good about in BB are regular ABO Rh type and screens. I also feel pretty confident knowing antibody antigen interactions. I also feel confident in DAT/IAT testing.

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I think that my biggest strength is my love for this department. The idea that what you are doing will directly and immediately affect the patient, and sometimes in a life or death situation, is amazing to me. Unfortunately, the labs around me require a MLS so I am not yet able to start in Blood Bank. I think my ability to work under pressure will definitely be helpful in blood bank.

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I love doing your normal type and screens. I don't mind having an antibody as long as it's not 2 or more. I get stressed out because I'm scared I'm going to miss one. I just rather not. Haha.

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My strengths in blood bank are definitely my ability to perform well in a stressful environment and make quick decisions when necessary. This is a very important trait to have when working in the blood bank and I have seen a lot in my time as a blood banker already.

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My weakness in BB is warm autos because I have only done one mock patient for training. I was always scared I was going to get one and I would be stuck. I would read through the procedure some nights and I would tell myself "I will be in deep trouble if I get one" I am more of a visual, hands-on learner. I need to go through it a few times before getting the hang of it. Especially something that important. I will also say that another is having a MTP and them having an antibody. OMG! My body goes hot and I have that feeling you have right before you're about to throw up!

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The strengths I have when it comes to blood bank are being able to perform the basics such as forward and reverse ABO and Rh typing, performing an antibody screen, and working up a panel, mainly when there's only one antibody present. Since working in blood bank at my current job for the past 2 years I've definitely gotten more comfortable with doing LISS and PEG screens and crossmatches too. I've also gotten comfortable antigen typing both RBC units and patients when needed.

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I feel like my biggest weakness is the fact that I have not worked in Blood Bank since I did my 4 week rotation back in March of 2022. Due to this I feel like I am out of practice and rusty, and will need to refresh myself on what I do and do not remember.

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My biggest weakness is confidence. I am afraid to be the person in charge of assigning units because I could make a mistake that kills someone. In my clinical experience, I never assigned units. I processed, thawed, and tagged products while working on old patient specimens or behind the lab tech. I think that confidence will come with experience; I am just inexperienced in this field.

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I love doing antibody panels as long as they aren't for trauma because that gets a little stressful. I prefer gel, but I also love tube agglutination. I like to shake the button at the bottom of the tube!

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My experience in the blood bank is somewhat limited. I have primarily performed type and screens at my previous hospital and currently only perform Rh typing at the ER where I work. This has left me with less experience in identifying different antigens. Additionally, because it has been a few years, I would benefit from a refresher on how to properly use the reagents, the principle behind it and the required protocols to follow.

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I am very thorough in my work when it comes to the blood bank. I ensure that everything is carefully documented and labeled to avoid any errors. I am also confident in my ability to read clotting reactions at every level. Even for weak positives, I take the extra step of double-checking with a magnifier to ensure accuracy.

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I have been working in a blood bank at a small hospital for three years, and one of my key strengths is my proficiency in blood typing and screening. This skill allows me to accurately determine blood types and ensure compatibility for transfusions, which is crucial for patient safety and effective treatment.

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One weakness that I still have with blood bank are when it comes to performing rule-outs on antibody panels. I still at times have to really concentrate on what I'm ruling out and what cell will need to be positive and what will need to be negative. I just get confused easily when it comes to that step in working up an antibody ID. Another weakness that I have with blood bank are DATs. I understand the concept of them, and while working I've performed many, but there was this one time I was performing a DAT, and I called it negative when in actuality it was positive. I must've shaken the tube too hard or something. So that incident has caused me to be warry of DATs and if I'm truly seeing a negative reaction, or just a really weak one.

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I enjoy working in the blood bank; however, one significant weakness I face is the stress associated with the Massive Transfusion Protocol. The need to perform various procedures quickly and under pressure can be overwhelming, which adds to my anxiety in high-stakes situations.

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As I haven't done any blood bank work outside of my MLT blood bank class and two-week clinical, I'm rusty regarding the details of blood bank work. In particular, remembering the temperature, shelf life and all the other details about the different transfusion products was tricky when it came to test time. Completing antibody panels in lab took a lot of practice. Interpreting agglutination tests in lab were pretty stressful when the agglutination was weak/mixed.

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My blood bank experience is confined to a class and a two-week clinical, however, during that time, I passed the class with a high B and I didn't get admonished at the clinical. With enough practice, I was able to do well with physically performing tests and completing antibody panels (and they were intimidating at first). As I haven't done any blood bank work since attaining my MLT degree, I'm rusty but I feel that a lot of the knowledge will return through this class.

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I enjoy the work in blood bank but the one thing I really don't like is feeling like there is pressure on me to be super fast paced. I try to be as fast as I can while also not making mistakes, but in blood bank I am especially careful because the outcome can be very detrimental to the patient if I'm not. It is very important to me that I deliver the best quality of work possible for the patient's sake. I am an over-thinker in general though, so maybe I sometimes overthink things that I shouldn't. Specifically, MTPs really stress me out because it's a highly emergent situation so you don't really have time to overthink. It just scares me because the more rushed I am, the more likely I am to mess up, and like I said, that can be fatal for the patient when it comes to Blood Bank.

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I have come a long way with Blood Bank. I don't feel I got the best training in school or during my clinicals. I was still not totally comfortable with doing antibody panels. However, I received additional training later on, and now I feel good about doing antibody workups. I feel that I now have a good understanding of the procedures that we perform in BB and the concepts behind them, and I know that when I'm working in that department, that the patient's safety is going to be my top priority, and that each one is going to get my best quality of work.

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I have not been in blood bank in over a year. I can definitely feel myself getting rusty. However, I loved blood bank and doing type and screens and antibody ID. Once I get refreshed, I hope to be as strong as I was before.

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I feel like one of my biggest weaknesses is the fisher wiener race information. I have studied it many times and even written it down in multiple notes and study guides. I always wonder if there is an easier way to remember it all?

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I feel my biggest strength are the antibody panels and blood typing I find this topics to be easy for me and I enjoy doing them due to that. At first the panels were difficult and I did not like them but as I went through clinical a seasoned tech made them easier in a different perspective.

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I struggle with discerning things like autos vs allos... I understand DAT, IAT, ABID, and eluates, and I understand LISS as well. I also struggle with just remembering facts and characteristics about the antigens/antibodies, so that I can make better judgement calls when working up IDs in the lab.

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I am very good at predicting an early ID through pattern identification. I am also very good at thinking outside of the box for reasons why extra reactions or weak or absent reactions may be interfering with my testing.

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Antibody Panels are my weakness. I definitely need to review how to solve them based on their reactions in various temperatures and conditions.

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Although I have not practiced transfusion medicine in almost 8 year now, I am able to look at forward/reverse typing and note discrepancies. I vaguely remember A1, Bombay, and transfusion overload changes.

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I feel that my strengths are my attention to detail while working in blood bank(mainly because I'm a tad bit nervous) I am also very comfortable with performing ABORHs and TNSs, where I work now we dont do these but I have also been pretty comfortable performing DATs and Newborn screens and Weak Ds. - Sherida Coatney

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My weaknesses were mostly when I first started the job, but gradually I overcame them with experience and patience. My least favorite task in the blood bank is massive transfusions especially when there is a blood unit shortage.

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My strengths in blood bank include working timely and multi-tasking. My favorite tests include ABO/RH, DAT and Rhogam studies. Blood bank is one of my favorite departments to work in since I am a generalist. I like to pace myself to avoid getting confused while working on several patients.

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Weakness is staying calm when receiving energy released i need to be more confident

Strength is ABO, DAT, Antibody ID etc.....

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I found that when I worked the weekends in BB I felt pressure and stress due to the unknown of a MTP or emergency release incase of a level 1 or 2 trauma. In my hospital we do not deal with these much and most of the time its as easy as getting the Dr. to sign the conditional release form but in crunch time I panic in my mind but rest assured the blood will not be delayed on my part. I just need to work on my "under pressure" skills.

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My weaknesses are Antibody ID. I feel that recognizing Anti-D is fairly simple or maybe even finding one antibody but when it comes to multiples or recognizing if an antibody is showing dosage then I kind of struggle. I have never worked anywhere where I've had to perform an elution or phenotype anything so I have basically no knowledge of that. -Sherida Coatney

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I feel as my strengths in blood bank are to preform ABO/Rh, DATs, Cord bloods, Antibody/Antigen identification (as long as they play nice to catch) and crossmatching units. I found that I mostly struggled with these for the first year working the bench as our blood bank volume is not significant. I also only work three days a week rotating once every other week which also did not help.