Donors' blood group declaration before donation can be used as a tool for electronic crossmatching

Arslan O.

TRANSFUSION MEDICINE, vol.15, no.6, pp.487-492, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2005.00630.x
  • Journal Name: TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.487-492
  • Keywords: electronic crossmatching, software, INCOMPATIBILITY, COMPATIBILITY, TRANSFUSION
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Electronic crossmatching (E-XM) is used to detect ABO incompatibility. In developing countries, as many of the donations are from first-time donors, it is difficult to guarantee the accuracy of the ABO/Rh label on these units to use them for E-XM. This problem was overcome with a new software 'HEMOSOFT', using donors' blood group declaration before donation as a tool for E-XM.