Dear all
As I am not familiar with the "normal" number and kind of test you use before transfusion of red cells, I would like to know
-do all of you add a cross match (also after a second blood grouping)
-do you use blood from a new sample for the cross match
-do some of you confirm ABO/ Rh on another sample and use it together with an antibody screentest as a computer controlled cross match?
Data on labotory failures, which shows that they are an important cause of transfusion of red cell units with a wrong blood group, can be found on www.shotuk.org/home.html report 2006 page 49 Near Miss
Hei Janus
Dear all As I am not familiar with the "normal" number and kind of test you use before transfusion of red cells, I would like to know -do all of you add a cross match (also after a second blood grouping) -do you use blood from a new sample for the cross match -do some of you confirm ABO/ Rh on another sample and use it together with an antibody screentest as a computer controlled cross match? Data on labotory failures, which shows that they are an important cause of transfusion of red cell units with a wrong blood group, can be found on www.shotuk.org/home.html report 2006 page 49 Near Miss Hei Janus