The Antibody Disappeared. Do We Still Honor It?
You pull up a patient's history and see: ANTI-Jkᵃ — IDENTIFIED 2019 Cool. Today's antibody screen? Negative. So...the anti-Jkᵃ is gone, right? Can we j…
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Liver Transplant MELD Score -- Blood Bank Can Play a Role?
When a Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction Falsely Raises a MELD Score Blood Bank results don't exist in a vacuum. Sometimes something that looks like a transfu…
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HEA BeadChip RBC genotyping
Beyond Serology: HEA BeadChip and Red Cell Genotyping Serology is still the backbone of immunohematology. If you want to know whether somebody is K-positive, g…
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What Does “Least Incompatible” Blood Actually Mean?
You have a patient with a warm autoantibody. The antibody screen is positive. The panel is positive. The autocontrol is positive. The DAT is positive. And no…
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Why Do Liver Transplants Require So Much Blood?
Why Can Liver Transplants Use So Much Blood? Liver transplantation is one of the most impressive procedures in modern medicine. It can also be an absolute nigh…
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Anti-Jk3 -- The Other Kidd
Kidd Genesis — Jk-Null Phenotype and Anti-Jk3 Most blood bankers are familiar with Jkᵃ and Jkᵇ , particularly because Kidd antibodies have a nasty habit of dis…
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Anti-PP1Pk and Pregnancy
In women with a rare p phenotype, which lacks P, P1, and Pk red cell antigens, there is a presence of naturally occurring anti-PP1Pk antibodies, previously ref…
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