Compatibility Testing Flashcards
Term often considered synonymous with crossmatching
Compatibility Testing
Recipient identification, sample collection and handling, and required pretransfusion testing.
Compatibility Testing
Discovery of the circulation of blood by William Harvey
(YEAR)
1628
Discovered ABO, early recipients often died because no understanding existed of ABO blood group system antibodies o of other blood group system alloantibodies.
(YEAR)
1900
A crossmatch procedure was first attempted year ______ in ______ by _______
1907
New York
Weil & Ottenberg
Antibody Screening
(YEAR)
1950
OR
1950 to mid 1960s
The AABB made the minor crossmatch unnecessary in year ______
1976
Computer Crossmatch
(YEAR)
1990
Crossway mixing of donor and recipient blood components
Crossmatch
A crossmatch is interpreted as compatible when ____ and ____ are present in testing
No agglutination
No hemolysis
A crossmatch is interpreted as incompatible when ____ and ____ are present in testing
Agglutination
Hemolysis
One unit of RBCs should increase the hematocrit by ___ and the hemoglobin by ____
3%
1g/dL
Patient samples for compatibility testing may be ______
Serum or Plasma
Tubes that are commonly used in compatibility testing
Red top (NO ANTICOAGULANT)
EDTA
Preferred sample for compatibility testing
Plasma
AGE OF THE SAMPLE
patient samples and a segment from the donor unit used for crossmatching must be stored for at least ____ days
7 days
Mechanical hemolysis may be caused by
Use of small gauge needles
Trauma to a small vein
Forcing of blood into the tube through a small needle
Addition of blood to a partially clotted sample
Mechanical hemolysis can mask the detection of antibody induced hemolysis in some examples of _____
ABO
P1
Lewis
Kidd
Vel system antibodies
Responsible for confirming the correct ABO labeling of all donor blood received from the donor center if the units were not previously confirmed.
Transfusing Facility
It is performed by making a red cell suspension of the donor blood from a segment attached to the donor bag.
Retyping
TRUE OR FALSE
Platelets and plasma do not require retyping.
eurT
Pretransfusion testing on the recipient’s sample includes the determination of the patients _____, _____, and ______
ABO and D phenotype
Antibody Screen
Crossmatch
Are terms used to describe the detectable ABO red cell antigens
ABO Phenotype
ABO type
ABO group