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Plasma of this blood type can be transfused to any patient.

Given the reactivity pattern in the panel above, what is the most likely antibody?

Given the following blood type reactions, what ABO antibodies would be expected in the patient’s reverse type?

Polyspecific AHG contains:

Where are the donor red blood cells usually acquired from when performing a major crossmatch?

A cord blood specimen from a jaundiced infant should be tested for which of the following?

If a false-positive reaction was suspected with anti-D in the forward grouping due to the presence of a cold autoantibody, which of the following would show reactivity?

All of the following antibodies are clinically significant except:

You have determined antibody specificity based on ruling out using panel cells that did not react. Explain how you have ruled in suspected antibody(ies) in this case. Is there additional testing that needs to be done to reach a conclusion?

The process of removing antibody from serum by combining a serum sample with appropriate red blood cells under optimal conditions is called: