Immunohematology/Blood Banking Flashcards
It is a branch of immunology which deals with the uses of immunologic principles to study and identify the different blood groups
Immunohematology/BB
Separate area in a clinical lab hospital where blood is collected from donors
Blood bank
What does the blood bank staff perform in blood banking to separate the components to be stored for future use of transfusion
ABO an RH typing
any substance capable of inducing antibody formation
Antigens
a protein produced in response to a foreign substance
Antibody
These are the common blood group systems
ABO
Rh
P
Kidd
Lewis
Kell
Duffy
He discovered blood group systems in the 1900s
Karl Landsteiner
He discovered blood type AB as the fourth major ABO blood type
Alfred Von De Castillo I Adriano Sturli
Method done to determine what antigens are present on the surface of RBC by using commercially prepared antisera of known specifically.
Cell typing
Method done to determine what antibodies in the serum or plasma present by using RBCs of known specifity
Serum Typing
It is considered as second most important blood group system
Its name is derived from Rhesus Macaque Monkey
Rh Blood System Group
Five important Rh antigens
D, C, E, c and e
The most important immunogenic antigen
D antigen
It is a procedure done to categorize the individual as Rh positive or Rh negative.
Rh typing
How to detect Rh status
Combine an anti- D reagent and sample blood onto slide, then observe the agglutination reaction.
