Introduction:  The purpose of this competency is to establish and communicate the hospital’s policies on blood banking to non-blood bank staff (couriers, OR attendants, ward clerks, etc) who come to the blood bank and bring blood to the patient care areas. The training module consists of instructional material followed by a short series of questions to ensure you have mastered the material. 

Authentication:  (PLEASE READ!) When you click on a links below, you will see a pop up window with a User Name and password box. The response to User Name is its\username where username is portion of your email address before the @sign, and Password is your email password. 

Questions: If you have any questions regarding the guideline material please contact Leslie Richardson-Weber MT (ASCP), Blood Bank Clinical Manager – email: lrichar3@bidmc.harvard.edu or phone 754-3318; if you have problems authenticating or accessing the PowerPoint presentation contact IS Support/Academic Computing (research@bidmc.harvard.edu or 617-754-8080)

PowerPoint Hints: While viewing the PowerPoint slide show, you can click on the Slide Show button (in the lower right hand corner) to activate the automated presentation or use the arrow keys to manually review the slides. You can use your mouse button or the SPACE BAR to move to the next slide in the automated slide show mode.

Verification: Completion of the web based exam can be seen at: Web Quiz Certified Page

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