July 15, 20213 yr comment_82241 I am not aware of any LICENSED anti-Cob available in the USA. The American Red Cross system uses an unlicensed version for most of its Cob phenotyping requests. I believe Cob can be determined by the HEA BeadChip process (molecular typing). If you have a patient that needs Co(b-) red cells, I think those are your two options: PHENOtyping with an unlicensed reagent or units predicted to be Co(b-) by GENOtyping.
July 20, 20213 yr comment_82259 There is no licensed anti COb in the USA, i have a few vials of raw plasma in a freezer that i use for research purposes...
July 21, 20213 yr Author comment_82271 Thanks all - that's what I suspected. My patient's antibody is still reacting fairly strong in solid phase, so I'm relying on crossmatch for Cob donors. Think I"ll freeze some plasma for screening purposes in case his titer drops.
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