Revisiting the issue: can the reading for serologic reactivity following 37°C incubation be omitted?
dc.contributor.author | Judd, W. John | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Fullen, Douglas R. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Steiner, E. Ann | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Davenport, Robertson D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Knafl, Pamela C. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T21:40:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T21:40:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999-03 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Judd, W. John; Fullen, Douglas R.; Steiner, E. Ann; Davenport, Robertson D.; Knafl, Pamela C. (1999). "Revisiting the issue: can the reading for serologic reactivity following 37°C incubation be omitted?." Transfusion 39(3): 295-299. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/74728> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0041-1132 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1537-2995 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/74728 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=10204593&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Omitting the 37°C reading from screening tests for unexpected antibodies results in failure to detect some Rh, K, and Jk agglutinins of potential significance (wanted positives). However, this measure avoids unwanted positive tests due to cold agglutinins. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS : Using data from prior publications, actual risk calculations (ARCs) were made to predict the risk of eliminating the 37°C reading, pretransfusion direct antiglobulin test (DAT), and routine indirect antiglobulin crossmatch (IAT-XM). ARCs used the equation: wanted positives missed × 0.34 (or 0.80) × 5 × percent antigen-positive, where 0.34 = percent of patients transfused (ARCs for 37°C reading and DAT); 0.80 = percent of crossmatched patients transfused (ARCs for IAT-XM); 5 = average number of units transfused. Following elimination of the 37°C reading, the impact of this change on patient care was monitored. Antibody detection and identification data and transfusion reaction reports for 6 months after the change were reviewed. Recently transfused patients with new antibodies were evaluated for immune hemolysis by review of clinical and laboratory data. The findings were compared with those from the same dates of the preceding year. RESULTS : The risk of transfusing incompatible blood by eliminating the DAT, IAT-XM, and 37°C reading is approximately 1:13,000, 1:2,000, and 1:2,400 units transfused, respectively. The cumulative risk from eliminating all three tests is approximately. 1:1,000 units. With respect to the 37°C reading, there were no differences between the pre-change and post-change study periods in the incidence of reported transfusion reactions or cases of immune hemolysis associated with newly formed antibodies. However, unwanted positive tests decreased from 162 to 61 following elimination of the 37°C reading. This represents a decrease of 20 percent in the number of samples requiring antibody identification annually. CONCLUSIONS : Eliminating the 37°C reading from pretransfusion antibody screening tests imposes less risk than omitting the routine IAT-XM, and it avoids the time and costs of evaluating unwanted positive tests, thus reducing expenditures and delays in patient care. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Science Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | 1999 AABB | en_US |
dc.title | Revisiting the issue: can the reading for serologic reactivity following 37°C incubation be omitted? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Oncology and Hematology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Pathology, UH-2 G332, University of Michigan System, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Blood Bank Reference Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Health System. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Blood Bank Reference Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Health System. | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 10204593 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/74728/1/j.1537-2995.1999.39399219287.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1999.39399219287.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Transfusion | en_US |
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