by Joe Chaffin | Mar 8, 2016
Glossary Back Type A slang term used by blood bank staff to refer to a process currently known as “serum grouping” or “reverse grouping.” In short, the back type involves testing patient serum against A1 and B cells to see what ABO antibodies...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Isoimmunization Production of an antibody against antigens that come from a different person of the same species. Clinicians tend to like this term, especially neonatologists, but blood bankers tend to use our very own term: “Alloimmunization,”...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 8, 2016
Glossary Blood Management Blood management (also called “patient blood management”) has been defined as “an evidence-based, multidisciplinary process that is designed to promote the optimal use of blood products throughout the hospital.” That...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Reactive In blood donor screening tests, this is a term that is used instead of “positive” when a donor’s sample tests in a manner suggestive of infection. For example, when testing for anti-HCV, we would say that a donor was...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Better known as “PCC,” this is a purified, sterilized concentrate of the vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors II, VII, IX, and X. It is very important to recognize that all PCCs are equal! Until 2013, only two...
