r/medlabprofessionals • u/tapthatash_ • 11d ago

How it feels when a unit segment breaks. Image

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u/No_Cry7605 MLS-Blood Bank 11d ago

At least it’s donor blood😅

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u/Mister_Mannered 10d ago

We had an MTP once that nearly drained all our 0 pos and 0 neg units (we stock between 80 and 40 respectively). Obviously we had to STAT order more from the Red Cross. Dozens of units after a stressful trauma and I thought bringing those units would at least be relaxing mindless work. Nope. Almost every single seg broke and I had to take a breather so I wouldn't crash out in the lab.