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When programming a clinical chemistry analyser and you programmed the machine at 37 degree Celsius and the test was done at room temperature, any effects on the results? Going to be grateful with feedback.

Thanks. I have gone through what you sent, my worry is, am in Cameroon an endemic zone for malaria and most of the case that requires transfusion are usually malaria cases. If we want to use same strategies done in US, like everyone will not donate, can testing be the only for deferal?

Please looking at malaria testing prior to transfusion especially in endemic areas like in Africa, in Europe someone coming from endemic zones are usually deferred from donating for a period of time but here in Africa during transfusion some centers will screen for malaria and some will not screen. The first question will be, it's necessary to screen for malaria in endemic areas before donating blood or not screening knowing knowing half or more than half of the population can test positive for malaria? and the second question what is the better tool for screening microscopy or rapid diagnostic test using serological cassette? Going to be grateful with feedback 🫲🫲🫲

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Thanks very much, looking at the questionnaire if someone can't fulfill just one or two, meaning with defer the donor? Looking at drug list for deferal can the same drugs apply in my country? Thanks

Looking at those conditions listed above, cancer, bleeding conditions, heart and lungs conditions which sometimes can pose a serious problems with the donors when donating blood and to a less exend may affect the recipients. How can such conditions be identify in donors who have never be diagnosed on such conditions and might be having it and don't know they're having it? What can be done to rule out these conditions? Thanks

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Thanks, meaning both reverse and forward grouping should be done in the donor and recipient right?

Greetings to everyone. Please like to get responses on this inorder to have a bigger picture. In my country mostly what's done is just the forward grouping using the anti-sera to do and confirm the patient blood group and when that's done they just sent out of the hospital to collect blood in a donor centre ( laboratory) and in the donor centre sometimes what's done in still the forward Grouping without doing the reverse blood grouping. The question will look like this, what's the importance of always doing the forward and reverse blood grouping before transfusing blood? Or even when the hospital do the forward grouping it's advisable for the laboratory to do the reverse blood grouping to confirm the blood group of the that same patient? In this same situation doing the forward and reverse blood group is this important in the patient setting or donor setting? Am going to be grateful with responses.

Okay thanks. Please the alloimmunization is caused by red cells antigens that's not found in the recipient blood but found in the donor cells or is due to the anti-A and anti-B antibodies in the plasma of the donor?

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Thanks very much Dr Neil, perfectly understood your point, am where we mostly carried out whole blood transfusion over packed red blood cells transfusion and I perfectly understood your points while the mismatched is not good. Am just going to practice to give out same blood group. Looking at whole blood transfusion and PRBC transfusion which good? Not looking onto the points you listed above. Like a recipient blood group A and donor blood group A ,

Not for emergency transfusion just routine transfusion and the doctor in question is not a transplant Doc. The patient was having severe malaria

Not like that