Medicare Approved Hospital Transfusion Service

**Semantic type:** Health Care Related Organization

**Definition:** A facility in compliance with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 236a), that performs compatibility testing and transfusion of blood and blood components, but which neither routinely collect nor process blood and blood components. The facility has met equivalent requirements as determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

**Synonyms:** - Hospital Transfusion Service - Approved Medicare