by Joe Chaffin | Mar 22, 2016
Glossary Zika Virus Zika virus (pronounced “ZEE-ka” and abbreviated “ZIKV”) is a mosquito-transmitted virus that underwent explosive spread in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean in 2015 and 2016. The virus is transmitted by the...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 22, 2016
Glossary Unexpected Antibodies Any non-ABO antibody present in a recipient or donor. For example, blood bankers expect a group A patient to have anti-B, but would not normally expect another antibody, such as anti-K or Anti-D. The test to detect unexpected antibodies...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 22, 2016
Glossary Tube Testing The classic manner of performing blood bank testing, both for detection of antibodies and antigens on the red cells and in serum/plasma. Tube testing, as the name implies, involves mixing serum (or plasma) and red cells together in test tubes...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Pathogen Reduction Pathogen reduction is a post-collection blood product manipulation process used for many years in Europe but only relatively recently approved in the United States. A substance is added to platelet and plasma products (not yet red cell...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Re-entry This is a process that applies to blood donors who have been told that they should not donate blood for someone else, either for a temporary period or for the foreseeable future; i.e., they have been deferred. In general, re-entry is only available...
