Open AccessAntibody screening and identification in donors and general patients at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Western India
Author(s) -
Kritika Gupta,
Maitrey Gajjar,
Tarak Patel,
Nidhi Bhatnagar,
Nihar Chaudhari,
Mamta Shah
Publication year - 2019
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/ajts.ajts_94_17
Subject(s) - medicine , abo blood group system , antibody , isoantibodies , tertiary care , blood type (non human) , blood transfusion , agglutination (biology) , population , rh blood group system , blood units , immunology , environmental health
The aim of the blood transfusion service should be to provide effective blood and blood components, which are as safe as possible and adequate to meet patient's need. To achieve safe blood transfusion practice, many blood transfusion center in India follow routine type and screen protocol for all patient's and donor's blood samples to detect unexpected alloantibodies. The present study is aimed at assessing the frequency and type of unexpected red cell alloantibodies in general patient population and donors at a tertiary care teaching hospital in western India.