Here’s something I
might have touched on before. Weak-D and partial-D. What’s the difference, can
I tell, and does it matter?
Today there was a presentation made
available on the Facebook
Immunohematology Reference Laboratory Page.
I particularly liked the bit “it is important
that transfusionists do not interpret recently reported findings, or any change
in nomenclature, as requiring a change in transfusion practice, as there is no
evidence (at least in the UK) that current practice is failing patients”.
Bearing in mind that when I was a lad we would “just do a Coombs test on the
albumin and call it a Du”, things have changed massively in the intervening
years. Advice and practice change rapidly in the transfusion world. I’m glad
that (at least in this respect) I’m doing the right thing.
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