Instructions: This checklist is meant to serve as a general guideline for our client facilities as to the level of your skills within your nursing specialty. Please use the scale below to describe your experience/expertise in each area listed below.
| Blood Bank | Rating Stars (Click) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Component Preparation |
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| Special Blood Typing |
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| Procedures |
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| Patient Identification |
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| Emergency Release |
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| Freezing Blood |
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| Antibody Identification |
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| Antibody Titer |
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| Blood Irradiation |
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| Cold Agglutinins |
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| Direct Coombs Test |
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| Indirect Coombs Test |
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| Cross Match |
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| Donor Unit Collections |
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| Immediate Spin Cross Match |
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| Plasmapheresis |
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| Rhogam |
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| Kell, Kidd, Duffy, RH HR, MNS, Lewis, P |
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| Type RH |
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| Urinalysis | Rating Stars (Click) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Automated Instrumentation |
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| Crystal Identification |
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| Semen Analysis |
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| Macroscopic UA |
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| Microscopic UA |
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| Hematology | Rating Stars (Click) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Body Fluid Count |
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| Bleeding Time |
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| Lee-White Clotting Time |
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| Differential |
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| Eosinophil Count |
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| Factor Assays |
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| Fibrinogen |
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| Fibrin Split Products/FDB |
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| Platelet Aggregation |
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| Platelet Count |
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| PT and PTT |
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| Reticulocyte |
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| Sedimentation Rate |
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| Sicle Cell Prep |
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| PAS, Peroxidase, Leukocyte, Aldaline, Phosphatase |
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| Thrombin Time |
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| Fetal Hemoglobin |
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| Chemistry | Rating Stars (Click) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Acetone Analysis |
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| Atomic Absorption |
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| Thin Layer Chromatography |
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| Gas Chromatography |
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| CSF/Body Fluid Drug Monitoring |
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| CSF/Body Fluid Electrolytes |
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| Electrophoresis |
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| Immunoelectrophoresis |
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| Osmolality |
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| Stool Analysis |
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| Instrumentation Used - Blood Gas |
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| Instrumentation Used - Main Chemistry Unit |
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| Serology/Immunology | Rating Stars (Click) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Hemagglutination Inhibition |
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| Pregnancy Testing |
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| Meningitis Screen |
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| Body Fluids |
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| Rubella Serology |
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| ANA |
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| ASO Titer |
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| C3, C4, Total Complement |
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| Febrile Agglutinations |
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| FTA-ABS |
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| LE Cell Prep |
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| Monostat |
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| Radial Immuno Diffusion |
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| Rhumatoid Factor |
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| RPR |
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| Phlebotomy | Rating Stars (Click) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Basic Safety Guidelines: gloves and goggles |
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| Communication Skills |
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| Ability to Write Procedures |
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| Masks |
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| Use of Balance (weighing) |
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| Anticoagulants - Knowledge of Tube Types and Uses |
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| Calculation for Solution Prep: Molarity and Molality |
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| Finger Stick |
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| Heel Stik |
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| M.L.A. |
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| Operatoin of Centrifuge |
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| Pediatric |
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| Pipetting |
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| To Contain |
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| To Deliver |
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| Venipuncture |
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| Volumetric |
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| Microbiology/Virology | Rating Stars (Click) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Blood Culture |
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| Cell Culture |
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| Aerobic Culture |
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| Anaereobic Culture |
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| Anaereobic Identification |
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| Mycobacteria Culture |
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| Sensitivities |
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| Virus Identification |
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| Virus Isolation |
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| Acid Fast Stain (Fluorescent) |
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| Acid Fast Stain (Kinyoun) |
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| C Difficili Assay |
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| Concentration Techniques |
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| Culture Plating |
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| Darkfield |
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| Gram Stain |
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| Identification |
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| India Ink |
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| KOH Prep |
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| M.I.C |
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| Chlamydia Culture |
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| Malarial Examination |
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| Occult Blood |
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| Organism Identification (Aerobic) |
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| OVA and Parasite Concentration |
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| Ova and Parasite Identification: Trichone |
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| West Mount - Mobility |
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| Wet Mount |
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| RIA | Rating Stars (Click) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Data Reduction |
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| Curves/Regression |
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| Counters |
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| Background Counts |
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| Scintillation Counter |
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| Hormone Testing |
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| Radiation Safety Techniques |
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| Instrumentation/Gamma Counters |
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| B12/Folates |
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| Hepatitis |
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| Thyroid Testing |
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| Tumor Markers |
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| EMR | Rating Stars (Click) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Allscripts |
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| Cerner |
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| Epic |
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