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This singer's "Eras Tour" became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This class of antibodies is the primary target detected by Capture® technology.
What is IgG?
This enhancement medium used in antibody screening and identification works by removing water from around the red cells.
What is PeG
In football, this mistake occurs when a player drops the ball before a touchdown or loses possession after being tackled.
What is a fumble?
Individuals with this blood type possess both A and B antigens on their red cells and naturally lack anti-A and anti-B antibodies in their plasma
What is AB?
This actor portrays Ken opposite Margot Robbie in the 2023 blockbuster film Barbie.
Who is Ryan Gossling?
Capture® technology is based on this immunohematology methodology, in which red cell antigens are immobilized on the surface of microtiter wells.
What is a Solid-Phase Red Cell Adherence Assay (SPRCA)?
This test is commonly used to investigate hemolytic transfusion reactions and HDFN.
What is DAT?
In baseball, Bill Buckner is famously remembered for allowing a ground ball to roll through his legs during this team's 1986 World Series loss.
Who are the Boston Red Sox?
After the ABO system, this antigen is considered the most clinically important in routine blood banking because of its ability to stimulate antibody formation after exposure.
What is the D antigen?
The fictional restaurant "The Krusty Krab" is featured in this long-running animated television series.
What is Sponge Bob Square Pants?
Capture® may show variable or inconsistent reactivity with this commonly encountered antibody when it is passively acquired, depending on timing, clearance, and antigen density.
What is Passive Anti-D?
This four-letter acronym refers to the federal regulations that establish quality standards for laboratory testing and are administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
What is CLIA?
During the 1993 NCAA Basketball Championship, Michigan's Chris Webber committed this costly violation when he called for one despite his team having none remaining.
What is a timeout?
The antigen was first described in 1951 by Levine and colleagues in the serum of Mrs. Miltenberger, who developed the antibody after being immunized by her antigen-positive fetus.
What is Mia?
Before starring in Only Murders in the Building, this singer became the most-followed woman on Instagram for several years.
Who is Selena Gomez?
Capture® may fail to detect certain antibodies of this IgG subclass despite being an IgG-specific methodology.
What is IgG subclass 4?
This FDA-regulated identifier consists of 13 characters and is assigned under ISBT 128 to uniquely identify a blood product donation.
What is the DIN?
At the 2004 Olympics, this U.S. gymnast crashed into the vault after being given an incorrectly adjusted vaulting horse.
Who is Svetlana Khorkina?
This blood group system is a human blood group system defined by antigens on the aquaporin-1 (AQP1) protein, a water channel found in red blood cell membranes and kidney tubules
What is Colton?
This entertainer is the only person to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony in competitive categories and also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
Newly forming or senescent antibodies may show this type of panel behavior, even against antigen-positive cells, requiring the technologist to evaluate the total pattern rather than relying on a single reaction.
What is inconsistent reactivity?
This international standard, standardized blood product labeling worldwide and greatly improved transfusion safety.
What is ISBT?
In the 1982 college football game known as "The Play," this Stanford band famously wandered onto the field before the game-ending kickoff return was actually over.
What is the Stanford Band?
These Rh variant types can be treated as Rh positive because they cannot make Anti-D.
What are Weak D types 1,2,and 3