by Joe Chaffin | Mar 11, 2016
Glossary ELISA/EIA ELISA is an acronym for “Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay”, a test that is now usually called “Enzyme Immunoassay” or “EIA.” Back to Glossary List Search for: Back to Full Glossary List Blood Bank Guy Essentials...
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 Permanent Deferral A designation applied to a blood donor who, for one or more of a variety of reasons, will never be allowed to donate blood for someone else. This term and “indefinite deferral” are often confused because they seem so similar...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Minor Crossmatch In contrast to the “major” crossmatch (recipient serum vs. donor red blood cells), the “minor” crossmatch is designed to test opposite compatibility: The donor’s serum/plasma with the recipient’s red cells....
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 21, 2016
Glossary Infectious Disease Testing A set of tests to screen for potential (“relevant,” to use FDA terminology) transfusion-transmitted diseases required for every allogeneic blood donor. These are the currently required tests (as of the FDA’s...
