LSUHSC Clinical Pathology

Transfusion Services

   
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Welcome to the Transfusion Medicine Services Section of Clinical Pathology. This area is credentialed by FDA, AABB, JCAHO, and CAP.

Transfusion Services is the testing, preparation, and process of infusing or removing blood or blood components for therapeutic purposes.

LSUHSC has highly qualified staff to assist you with any question in this area.

Transfusion Services testing includes, but is not limited to:

Dispensing Blood
  • Compatibility Testing
  • Blood Bank Education
  • Blood Bank Processing
  • Blood Bank Quality Control and Quality Assurance
  • Therapeutic Phlebotomy
  • Aphaeresis
  Ms. Debbie McCaskill    
           
     
The manager of this department is Ms. Debbie McCaskill and supervisors are Ms. Linda Hawthorne and Ms. Debbie McDaniel. They will be happy to assist you with any technical transfusion services questions you may have.
  Debbie McCaskill
BS, MT(ASCP)SBB
  Transfusion Services Manager Technical Expert
  Phone: 318-675-5710   Apheresis
  Fax: 318-675-4883
  Ms. Debbie McDaniel        
  Debbie McDaniel
BS, MT(ASCP)
  Supervisor  
Technical Expert
       
 
Ms. Linda Hawthorne
 
Dr. Menchu Ong
 
       
Menchu Ong MD
 

Linda Hawthorne

     
Branch Head of Transfusion
 
BS, MT(ASCP), SBB, MHS
 
Medicine Services
Supervisor
Technical Expert
 
 
Dr. James Cotelingam
 
Dr. James Cotelingam
 
Director of Clinical Patholgy