Hello everyone.
We had a new patient the other day that typed as a B on the Vision but when doing the 2nd ABO confirmation (our hospital requires a 2nd sample), there was a discrepancy. these are the results that the tech who was working on it got.
anti-A 2+ Anti-B 4+ A1C 4+ BC 0 A2C 1+
She interpreted the ABO/Rh as AB but put the patient on group O cells only and plasma restriction. she also put a note saying that it is a probable B(A).
can anyone please give me some information about this type of discrepancy?
What is causing the discrepancy and what can be done to resolve it?
Was it correct to interpret the ABO/Rh as AB?
if the patient is a B(A) phenotype, what type RBCs and plasma would you give?