Does anyone run an autocontrol with the antibody screen if the patient has a history of clinically significant antibodies?
We do not normally run an autocontrol with our antibody screens (gel). We run them when we do panel work.
I recently ran an autocontrol anticipating a positive screen as the patient already had 3 antibodies, the screen reacted last month, and he had been transfused recently. The screen was negative, the autocontrol was positive, and the eluate was negative. I did go beyond our policy since the screen was negative, but I felt better about issuing the blood, and talked to the supervisor about it. We'd both like to know what the policy is at other places.
Does anyone run an autocontrol with the antibody screen if the patient has a history of clinically significant antibodies? We do not normally run an autocontrol with our antibody screens (gel). We run them when we do panel work. I recently ran an autocontrol anticipating a positive screen as the patient already had 3 antibodies, the screen reacted last month, and he had been transfused recently. The screen was negative, the autocontrol was positive, and the eluate was negative. I did go beyond our policy since the screen was negative, but I felt better about issuing the blood, and talked to the supervisor about it. We'd both like to know what the policy is at other places.