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Selection of HbS neg blood

hollowayl
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    We don't give blood from sickle trait donors to sickle cell patients.  We are usually trying to bring the patient's % of HbS down, and using sickle trait blood will not do that as efficiently as sickl

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We don't give blood from sickle trait donors to sickle cell patients.  We are usually trying to bring the patient's % of HbS down, and using sickle trait blood will not do that as efficiently as sickle negative.  We do a lot of these transfusions, and have done for many years.

So, requirement?  Not of which I am aware.

Our workflow?  definitely.

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    We do the same thing, for historical reasons.  Probably totally unnecessary :).  The amount of S hemoglobin in one unit of donor blood is not clinically significant in patient management.

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    On 3/7/2019 at 7:15 AM, Neil Blumberg said:

    We do the same thing, for historical reasons.  Probably totally unnecessary :).  The amount of S hemoglobin in one unit of donor blood is not clinically significant in patient management.

    I work in pediatrics where we cannot assume a common size for our patients.  Also, we are frequently trying to bring the percentage of Hb S down.  

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