Open AccessRemoval of antibodies from red cells: Comparison of three elution methods
Author(s) -
Rahul Katharia,
Rajendra Chaudhary
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.106727
Subject(s) - hemolysis , elution , chromatography , antibody , in vivo , medicine , sensitization , chemistry , immunology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Direct antiglobulin test (DAT) is the most common test done in immunohematology lab, which detects immunoglobulin and fragments of complement attached to the red blood cells. These coated red blood cells are difficult to accurately phenotype, which may be required for selection of appropriate unit of red blood cells for transfusion.