Introducing "Group Chat": Because Blood Bankers Deserve Better Than 90-Minute Lectures

Let’s face it: Group chats are… complicated.

You love them. You hate them. You mute them, and then three hours later you’re 78 messages deep in a conversation about a coworker’s dog’s gluten allergy. But what if—just once—a group chat actually made your life easier?

Enter: Group Chat, the new video series from Providence Consulting Services that delivers quick, smart, blood bank brilliance in under two minutes. Because the truth is, none of us have time for a full-length documentary on the Lewis system. (Sorry, Lewis.)

What Is Group Chat?

Group Chat is your new favorite way to brush up on blood group systems without digging through your dusty tech manual or attending yet another webinar that lasts longer than your last relationship.

Each week, we’ll release a bite-sized video focused on a specific antigen in the most common blood group systems. These aren’t lectures. These are quick hits packed with real-world relevance, subtle sass, and zero time wasted.

And yes, there will be antibodies holding cell phones.(You’re welcome.)

Why Are We Doing This?

Because education should be accessible.

Because your antibody ID is hard enough.

Because we know the one antigen you skip is going to be the one that shows up next week with questionable reactivity in the panel and a positive DAT.

And, mostly, because blood bankers are the unsung heroes of the lab. You deserve something that’s sharp, funny, and actually useful.

Where Do I Watch?

Follow us on LinkedIn and check out all the videos (plus behind-the-scenes notes and reference guides) at providenceconsultingonline.com/blog under the Bench Notes Blog section.

🎥 First up: Big K (KEL1) — the Taylor Swift of antibodies.

TL;DR:

• New Group Chat videos drop weekly.

• Each one is under 2 minutes.

• Follow us so you don’t miss the antigen that haunts your dreams.

See you in the chat.🧪📱💬