Posts posted by Malcolm Needs
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4 minutes ago, AuntiS said:
Our hospital prefers to use the term birth parent instead of mom/mother.
I've been making a conscious decision to try and use the more inclusive terminology
With all due respect (and I KNOW this has NOTHING to do with blood transfusion) I can't see how "birth parent" is more inclusive than "mom/mother". By definition, it must exclude the dad/father, as they cannot be a "birth parent", but it also excludes other women, who may be related to the baby, such as grandmothers or, indeed, step-mothers. Surely, only a mom/mother can directly be a birth parent, and, in terms of the need for anti-D immunoglobulin, only her blood group is relevant?
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2 hours ago, AuntiS said:
We have a hold sample that is ordered by the patient care area. It is built so it pulls the birth parent's hospital number, bloody type, and antibody ID (if present).
Did you mean that AuntiS. I fully confess there were times when I did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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