IMMUNOHEMA/ BLOOD BANKING

Question 1

• A branch of immunology which deals with the
  uses of immunologic principles to study and
  identify the different blood groups.

Answer 1

IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY/BLOOD BANKING

Question 2

• It reflects the importance of the blood bank and
  the MT profession in ensuring the safety and
  welfare of patients that require blood
  transfusion.

Answer 2

IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY/BLOOD BANKING

Question 3

• A separate area in a CLIN. Lab. hospital where
  blood is collected from donors.
• Performs ABO and Rh typing
• Prepares blood and blood components for
  transfusion
• Blood that is transfused into a recipient must
  be tested first to ensure compatibility with the
  recipient’s blood.

Answer 3

BLOOD BANK

Question 4

ABO BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM is discovered by ___ (1900s) and received the Nobel Prize (1930).

Answer 4

Karl Landsteiner

Question 5

• He categorized the blood groups as A, B, and O
  based on the presence of agglutinating
  antibodies in the serum/plasma of individuals
  who do not possess the corresponding ABO
  antigen

Answer 5

Karl Landsteiner

Question 6

– 4th major ABO blood type discovered by ____ and ____.

Answer 6

AB
Alfred Von De Castelo and Adriano Sturli.

Question 7

• To determine antigens in the RBCs of an
  individual by using commercially prepared
  antisera of known specificity

Answer 7

CELL TYPING (DIRECT OR FORWARD TYPING)

Question 8

• To determine antibodies in the serum/plasma of an individual by using RBCs of known
  specificity.

Answer 8

SERUM TYPING (BACKWARD, INDIRECT TYPING)