jmicallef

thanks for your replies.... Our problem is we dont do weak typing either.... we only suspected this because it gave a weak reaction in tube. if it had been done twice on the analyser it would probably have gone undetected and we would have called it Pos and issued Pos blood.......

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Hi, I am in Australia and wondering what people do when they get a patient who they suspect to be partial D - would you issue them with Rh(D) Negative or Positive units. The patient groups as a 0.5 (1-4 scale) with one liquid reagent and grade 4 with our CAT cards on our analyser. This patient repeatedly groups this way, and one staff member suspects that she is a partial D or weak D. We are sending her away for partial D typing, but given that partial D patients can make anti-D would most people opt for issuing Rh(D) Negative blood - in the meantime, only after confirmed partial D, or never????