Well… it
was time to do another BTLP-TACT exercise…
I was
presented with one case – sample number 38991 George Yosef; a twenty-two year
old chap with beta thalassaemia requiring a two-unit transfusion.
The chap’s
blood group was indeterminate. It looked like A Pos, but with the control well
coming up positive, all bets were off.
The
antibody screen was negative in well 2.
I
requested antibody panels. The IAT and enzyme panels were positive in cells 3
and 5. This is consistent with anti-E.
So…
indeterminate blood group with anti-E for a routine transfusion. In reality I
would refer to the NBS. However this isn’t reality. I have to second-guess what
the software wants me to do. I decided to select E-Neg O Neg units because…
well, were this an emergency case that’s what I would do.
I got the
green light…
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