Platelets are ordered for a patient who has a history of febrile reactions following red cell transfusions. What should be done to reduce the risk of another febrile reaction?

In which of the following situations would the administration of Rh-immune globulin (RhIg) NOT be indicated? None of the women has received antenatal RhIg.

Which of the following matings has the potential to result in hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) due to antigens in any of the systems identified?

Can crossmatching be performed on March 10, using a patient sample drawn on March 8?

A technologist obtained the following results on a patient sample: The technologist washed the patient’s cells with saline, and repeated the forward typing. A saline replacement tecnique was used with the reverse typing. The following results were obtained: Anti-A Anti-B Anti-A,B A1 Cells B Cells Original Results 4+ 3+ 4+ 2+ 4+ Results after washing patient’s cells and saline replacement 4+ 0 4+ 0 4+ The results are consistent with:

Inhibition testing can be used to confirm antibody specificity for which of the following antibodies?

Five days after transfusion, a patient becomes mildly jaundiced and experiences a drop in hemoglobin and hematocrit with no apparent hemorrhage. Below are the results of the transfusion reaction workup. In order to reach a conclusion, the technologist should first Anti-A Anti-B Anti-D A1 Cells B Cells Ab Screen DAT Patient Pretransfusion 0 4+ 3+ 4+ 0 0 0 Patient Posttransfusion 0 4+ 3+ 4+ 0 1+ 1+ Donor #1 0 0 3+ Donor #2 0 4+ 3+

An Rh negative donor who tests positive at AHG with anti-D would be labeled as:

The LW antigen is associated with the Rh system in what way?

Blood selected for an exchange transfusion must: