by Joe Chaffin | Mar 11, 2016
Glossary Donor Incentive Anything a blood donor receives as a result of donating other than those items they would normally receive from the process. This definition (not original to me) encompasses such things as t-shirts, coffee mugs, and keyrings, and does NOT...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 12, 2016
Glossary Forward Grouping ABO testing is a two-part process, involving testing a person’s red cells for A and/or B antigens as well as testing the person’s serum/plasma for ABO antibodies. Testing the cells is called “red cell grouping,” but...
by Joe Chaffin | Feb 6, 2019 | BBGuy Podcast, Immunohematology |
“Anti-CD47 is here, and it’s really going to mess up our testing!” Connie Westhoff explains how we can accurately test our patients’ blood. NOTE: Continuing Education credit for this episode has expired. See below for details. Several years...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 8, 2016
Glossary Blood Bank “Blood Bank” can have three main meanings. First, it most commonly refers to a section of a hospital laboratory responsible for the storage and issue of blood products. Blood banks perform many other tasks as well, including...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 8, 2016
Glossary Blood Group Antigen A protein or glycoprotein found on the surface of a red blood cell (but often NOT ONLY on a red cell) and defined by recognition by a specific alloantibody. In other words, imagine you are a protein on a red cell. You do NOT get to claim...
