22 September 2023 (Friday) - BTLP-TACT (and a whinge)

I’ve had another reminder that I’m not doing enough BTLP-TACT exercises. Bearing in mind my abject failure on Monday I’m not going to kick off whinging about it… I’m just going to do another exercise.

 

I was presented with two cases:

 

00407 – a ninety-three year old woman needing two units of blood tomorrow for an amputation.

She grouped as A Rh(D) Positive with a negative antibody screen. I selected two units of blood for her.

80158 – an eighty-six year old chap requiring group and save following a cardiac arrest.

 He also grouped as A Rh(D) Positive with a negative antibody screen

 

I was rather pleased to get the green light today. I was going to oh-so-sarcastically wonder how long it would be before I get another email telling me that I’m not doing enough of these exercises but…

Here’s somewhere that has made me think. Their minimum engagement targets are described in the TACT user guide which you can download here.

On page 23 it says these yearly targets are:

Request acceptance   40
ABO interpretation      40
D interpretation           40
Antibody screen          40
Antibody identification 10
Component selection  20

However I don’t get to choose what I do. The software allocates me cases. I’m (on average) asking it to give me three cases a month. It is rather unfair for it to be choosing not to allocate me certain tasks, and then critisising me for not doing that with which it has not presented me.

I’ve emailed BTLP-TACT HQ to ask if I can get some choice in selecting the type of case I get.