aquinlan

Please could users of the Gel methodology for antibody screening/AHG crossmatching share any references obtained for the validation of this procedure as compared with tube prewarm methods. We have been using gel methods routinely for years but do not have in-house validation data available for assessors. We are a pediatric facility and encounter frequent cold agglutinins. I understand that prewarm techniques are controversial. If the consensus is not to use prewarm, is the alternative to ABID all cold agglutinins and XM antigen negative red cells?

Hi, This is my first entry in this forum. I am a charge technologist in Hematology and Transfusion Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. My experience is predominently Hematology, but I have been given more responsibility in the transfusion services area over the past two years. We are currently involved with applying the Health Canada/CSA standards and trying to meet OLA accreditation requirements. I would be happy to hear from other Pediatric facilities. aquinlan@sympatico.ca