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Experience with an Albumin‐Enhanced, 15‐Minute Incubation, Emergency Crossmatch
Author(s) -
Owen I. A.,
Blajchman M. A.,
O'Hoski P.,
Jones T. E.,
McBride J. A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1979.19179160276.x
Subject(s) - medicine , albumin , incubation period , antibody , incubation , emergency department , serum albumin , immunology , chemistry , biochemistry , psychiatry
During a 40‐month period, an emergency crossmatch procedure using an albumin‐enhanced 15 minute incubation indirect antiglobulin technique was evaluated along with a standard procedure for 2,276 patients involving 6,423 units of blood. One hundred‐forty unsuspected allo‐antibodies were detected during this study, of which 130 were detected by both techniques. In five instances where antibodies were not detected by the emergency technique, the antibodies were not thought to be clinically significant.