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Describe the difference between a positive autocontrol and a positive DAT.  What is being tested in each situation?  What are we trying to detect?  What conclusions can be drawn from each positive test?

Describe the difference between an abbreviated crossmatch and a full crossmatch.  Identify a situation or patient characteristic in which you would complete each.

A blood component should be transfused within:

Anaphylactic transfusion reactions are caused by:

To remove the interfering affects of auto-antibody in the presence of allo-antibody, the patients cells are first incubated with patient’s serum, then the cells are centrifuged and an antibody screen may be performed on this specimen.  This technique is know as:

What ABO type are screen and panel cells?

Which of the following is reason for indefinite deferral of prospective blood donors?  (hint: select 3)

Which of the following best describes an “emergency release” of blood products?

Define the term dosage as it relates to antibody identification.  How does it effect the reactions you will see with panel cells?  What is the mechanism by which this happens?

Platelets for transfusion must be: