Antibody screen status change in OB patients

[Rh-fan]

When you drive 150 mile in the Netherlands there is a big change you left or almost left the country. We are a lot more dence, in this little space we are with 17 milion people. So we have the smal hospitals but there are always bigger hospitals neerby.

I agree with you that patient have an anti E (or other clinical relevant antibody) and are c negative, it is better to give them c negative blood to prevent the formation of anti c. In case of emergancy you will not delay the transfusion because the antibody ID will be easier.

[Malcolm Needs ☆]

WE are a little bigger and more densely populated than The Netherlands, but you are never very far from a hospital of a reasonable size (with a Blood Bank).

[Mabel Adams]

If my math is right, in Central Oregon we have about 228,000 people in an area the size of The Netherlands served by 6 hospitals only one of which is over 100 beds and four of them are less than 50 beds. It is a 3 hour trip in good weather between the most remote ones and our larger (261 bed) one. I am trying to understand why no small hospitals here keep anti-K or anti-c when those in Europe apparently would.

[Malcolm Needs ☆]

Ah, the hospitals in the UK do not necessarily keep anti-c and anti-K, but ALL units sent out from Blood Services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland are typed for ABO, D, C, c, E, e and K.

[Mabel Adams]

Wow, that would be great to have all units already typed for the Rh antigens and K. Sure wish all the money that is spent on health care in the US could be spent on actual health care (like antigen typed units) rather than just paper pushing.

[Deny Morlino]

Amen to that comment!!