by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Immediate Spin Phase The first of the three classic “phases” of testing serum and red cells for compatibility, most commonly in test tubes (the last two are the 37C and AHG phases). The term “immediate spin” refers to the fact that...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Lookback A multistep process a blood establishment must complete as a response to a donor who is newly reactive for an infectious disease test. The whole idea behind lookback is to (guess what?) “look back” to find previously collected blood...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary RESt Acronym for “Rabbit Erythrocyte Stroma,” which is a commercial product used by some blood bankers to remove (or “adsorb”) cold antibodies from a patient’s blood sample. These antibodies are usually autoantibodies) that have...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Serologic Crossmatch A compatibility test between donor red blood cells and recipient serum or plasma, performed in a test tube or other testing platform. There are two main types of serologic crossmatch: 1) Immediate-spin crossmatches, and 2) AHG...
by Joe Chaffin | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog, Immunohematology |
One of the most frequently asked questions I get at lectures and from hospital transfusion services goes something like this: “What the HECK (or words to that effect) is anti-G?!” Most people have heard of the G antigen, but too few are familiar with it....
