DAT
Transfusions
Antibody identification
Special technique
Misc.
100

Name the 3 situations in which a person would have a positive DAT

HDN

Hemolytic Transfusion reaction

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia 

100

What component is most frequently involved in transfusion related sepsis 

Platelets

100

looking at antibody panel #1 what is the most likely antibody present? 

anti-E 

100

A recently transfused patient's serum has a positive antibody screen. The panel performed at IS, LISS, and 37 is showing strong anti-Fya and weak possible anti-C. To confirm the anti-C you would preform which ? 

Elution

Absorption 

Antigen typing 

Enzyme Panel 

Enzyme panel...it would destroy the Fya and increase reactivity with C 

100

a patient has a Hgb of 8.1 g/dl . The surgeon wants the Hgb to be above 10 in order to perform surgery. How many RBC units need to be given to this patient ? 

2
200

polyspecific AHG reagent contains 

anti-IgG and anti-C3d

200

a patient is Type AB Negative : What type of Red cells can this patient receive and what type of plasma can this person receive

Red Cells : O, A, B , AB

Plasma : AB 

200

a weakly reactive antibody with a titer of 128 is neutralized by plasma. What could this antibody be? 

chidos (anti-Ch) 

Rodgers (anti-Rg) 

or other HTLA ( high titer low avidity antibodies ) 

200

autodsorption procedures to remove either warm or cold autoantibodies should not be used with a recently transfused patient. What does "recently " mean? 

3 months 

200

When using a high protein anti-D reagent the following results were obtained at AHG 

Patient cells + anti-D  = 2+

Patient cells + Rh control = 2+ 

How would you interpret this patients Rh typing ? 

Invalid 


**when using high protein anti-D a control should be performed .. this control lacks the anti-D and is expected to give a negative result. If you get a positive it invalidates the testing because it is saying the patient's cells are not necessarily reacting with the anti-D but could be reacting with the protein matrix of the reagent. 

300

Polyethylene glycol ( PEG) enhances antigen-antibody reactions by 

Concentrating the antibody and removing water 

300

A suspected transfusion related death must be reported to : 

FDA

300

An antibody- identification panel demonstrates possible anti-E and anti-K in a patient's serum. Which type of group O cell could be used to absorb the patient's serum and separate these antibodies so that anti-K remains in the absorbed serum? 

E positive , K negative cell 

300

A Kleihauer-Betke test indicates 10 fetal cells per 1,000 adult cells .For a woman with 5,000 ml blood volume , the proper dose of RhIG is ? 

3



** 10/1000 = .01 *5000 /30   round and +1


300

describe the forward and reverse reactions seen in someone with Acquired B phenomenon

Forward - appears AB

reverse - appears A 


** the incorrect result is the positive reaction on forward typing with anti-B.. this is due to usually colon cancer, infections or intestinal obstruction where patient gets an "acquired like B antigen" 

400

The use of refrigerated , clotted blood specimens tend to result in a false ________ DAT 

Positive 


* due to in vitro complement attachment 

400

A mother is group O Rh-Neg and has anti-K in her serum. Her baby is group B, Rh- positive and requires an exchange transfusion . Assuming that the exchange crossmatch is performed using the maternal serum what type of Red Blood cells should be given? 

O Rh Negative K-Negative 

400

A woman is diagnosed as having immune hemolytic anemia . Her direct antiglobulin test is positive but her indirect antiglobulin test in negative . Absorption-elution techniques are employed to identify the causative antibody . The eluate gives the following agglutination pattern with group O cells of the following genotypes : 

cDE/cDE - Neg

cdE/cDE - Neg

cde/cde - 4+

cDE/cde - 2+

CDe/cDE - 2+ 

What is the likely antibody ? 

anti-e

400

If a patient has anti-k and you want to see if they have any other underlying alloantibodies , what can you do to the cells to get rid of the anti-k ? 

treat with ZZAP 


**ZZAP - papain and DTT also destroys M,N , Duffy and all of K blood group

400

A patient with anti-K and anti-Jka needs 2 units of RBCs for surgery . How many group-specific units would need to be screened to find 2 units of RBCs? 

Frequency of Jka positive = 77% 

Frequency of K postive = 10%

10 units


need Jka neg, K neg so need .23 x .90 = 0.21 

need 2 units so 2/0.21 = 9.5 round to 10

500

If using monospecific Antiglobulin reagent in a DAT what results would you expect for a patient with PCH using Anti-C3d only ? Using Anti-IgG only ? 

Anti-C3D = pos

Anti-IgG= Neg

500

The transfusion component of choice for a patient with a prolonged bleeding time, increased APTT , decreased level of factor VIII, and impaired aggregation of platelets in response to ristocetin would be? 

Cryoprecipitate


** these results indicate Von Willebrand Disease.. both vWF and factor VIII are deficient and only Cryo can replace them both 

500

Look at panel #2

Identify the most likely antibody(ies) present 

Anti-K 

Anti-Fyb

500

An elution method that can be used to detect non-ABO IgG antibodies is __________

Where as the best method for detecting ABO IgG antibodies is ___________

acid elution (pH) 

Heat/Lui freeze thaw method 

500

A patient whose blood is a subgroup of A has the following reactions when tested against various antisera: 

Antisera                       Reaction with patient's RBC

Dolichos biflorus          Negative 

Anti-A                         mixed field 

anti-A, B                      mixed field 

which subgroup of A is this patient most likely ? 

A3


*** A3 subgroup is characteristic of giving mixed field reactions with Anti-A and Anti-A,B 

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