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Is this hospital willing to sponsor employee's green card (permanent residence visa)?

Thank you David. We just sent it to a reference lab.

If there's a high titer low avidity (HTLA) like antibody is there such a high titer high avidity antibody like reactivity? The patient is 50 year old male with a hemoglobin of 7. Anti-S (alloantibody) was identified on his sample during his first hospital visit 2 months ago and 2 units were transfused that time uneventfully. When he came back, all cells on the panel including the S negative cells were 2+ positive with his serum except the autocontrol. Polyspecific DAT was still negative like the first time. The second antibody panel had 3 cells negative that ruled out the possible antibodies to common antigens he could make. The rest were all 2+ positive. So that is neither an antibody to high incidence antigen nor multiple alloantibodies. Alloadsorption, 0.2M DTT and ficin didn't all work and titer was 2+ from undiluted serum to tube 8, then 1+ up to 512 and weakly positive up to the end-2048. This is high titer high avidity and not high titer low avidity.Has anybody encountered this kind of workup? How did you deal with it? Thanks a million folds.

can dombrock (doa) be identifed on sample of patient who had no history of any transfusion? thanks

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Anybody who has a workflow map or summary guide to make blood bank antibody identification easier? For example, what makes you think that an antibody could be warm, cold, 901 series or 700 series and so on and so forth. Any guide leading to the easy identification of these antibodies? What are the associated workups from beginning to end? My email: pharezi@yahoo.com

Hi Malcolm, when I surveyed this forum, I noticed that everybody recognizes your immunohematology authority. May I ask if you have a workflow map or summary guide to make blood bank antibody identification easier? For example, what makes you think that an antibody could be warm, cold, 901 series or 700 series and so on and so forth. Any guide leading to the easy identification of these antibodies? What are the associated workups from beginning to end? My email: pharezi@yahoo.com

Can anyone tell me what the - sign (ex. Scianna -1, -2 or -3) in antigen system means? thanks

Hello folks, I am also planning to take the SBB Exam without having to go to any SBB School. I'm sure those who have gone to school and finished SBB have notes, guides or reviewers they are keeping up to now. Can I be sent a copy? That would be awesome! My email: pharezi@yahoo.com.