We are getting ready to start using electronic crossmatch with Meditech Magic 5.67. My IT guy gave me an antibody dictionary page and you can select yes or no for significant, indicating that EXM would be appropriate or not. As it stands in the dictionary now, there are more than a few that are listed as insignificant, such as M, N, Lea, Leb, P1, York and antibody of unknown significance/specificity. And to be safe, since we don't antigen type for Lea, Leb, M or N, or identify an antibody which might be an HLA, we perform a gel XM.
Which antibodies do you routinely call insignificant that would be eligible for an electronic XM?
Also, does anyone have a procedure they would be willing to share?
TIA, Mari