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Hi David, Thanks for your message. That's a good way of looking at the issue. Certainly, very pragmatic and what most blood banks do. However, what's the cost of that blood unit you're disposing? And what's the cost of the 2 blood units you'd be disposing if the donor returns? Wouldn't just that justify the investment in a molecular test? Sorry I'm playing the devil's advocate here, but I'm enjoying the discussion. Again thanks for your views. Regards -
Molecular testing can be costly, true, but what is the cost of reliable identifying Rh on a donor such as the one of this case?
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Thanks Malcolm. That is true and I thought of it right after sending my message. However, there are a lot of labs around the world that could provide that service. The closest to Riyadh, where I believe khalidm3 is based, that I know is in Kuwait.
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Have you consider a molecular test for identifying/confirming RhD status?
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Thank you every body for your comments. It's been very interesting to follow this thread.
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Hi, Do you think that the increasing availability of affordable genotyping techniques that allow the unequivocally identify many low-frequency antigens will change the way these cases (the ones presented in this post) are managed in the near future? I'm keen to read your opinions. Thanks in advance. Regards, MAXI