Time for another BTLP-TACT exercise… I
was (eventually) presented with one case – a fifty-three year-old woman
needing group and save for a hernia repair.
She grouped as A Rh(D) Positive with a
negative antibody screen.
I got the green light…
This is (supposed to be) a reflective diary by a (not very) anonymous biomedical scientist who works somewhere in the south of England. One day this diary may well be submitted to the Health and Care Professions Council as evidence of ongoing continual professional development....
1 May 2025 (Thursday) - HCPC Update
The HCPC sent their update today. You
can read it by
clicking here. Like the UKAS update it’s rather dry and at first sight
maybe not that relevant to my daily round. But it pays to keep abreast of
things…
For example they are changing how they
are taking the direct debit payments…
30 April 2025 (Wednesday) - UKAS Update
UKAS sent their update today. You can
read it by
clicking here. Back in the day I would have been very negative and
opinionated about it. These days I’ve conceded that love it or loathe it, this
is how it is, and I might as well embrace it.
If only they would actually say what
their standards were and how we might practically adhere to them than I would
find it much easier to get on-board with them… but there it is.
30 April 2025 (Wednesday) - Iron Deficient H.E.
An interesting case… an iron-deficient
case of hereditary elliptocytosis. There’s more about it in my atlas…
28 April 2025 (Monday) - BTLP-TACT Exercise
Time for another BTLP-TACT exercise. I
pressed the button and the thing told me it was unable to start. I pressed it
again and it gave me two cases:
30883 – a twenty-three year-old woman in theatre having LSCS needing group & save. She grouped as O Rh(D) Positive with a negative antibody screen.65153 – a ninety year old chap in theatre having a hernia sorted needing group & save. He also grouped as O Rh(D) Positive but with antibody screen positive in cells 1 & 3. I performed antibody panels. The IAT panel was positive in cells 1, 3, 6, 9 and 10 corresponding with anti Fy(a) but not ruling out anti-Cw or anti Lu(a). However the enzyme panel being negative throughout did rule those out.
I got the thumbs-up.
28 April 2025 (Monday) - Eosinophils Page
I created a page on eosinophils in my Atlas today. A very basic page…
so basic that there’s not actually anything at all on there. But it is
something… it’s a start. I shall work on it.. and work on the rest of the atlas
too…
27 April 2025 (Sunday) - Slide Saturday Challenge
Hypochromic microcytic red cells – you can
tell they are microcytic by comparing them with the lymphocyte.
There’s target cells too…
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