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ABO Rh Typing

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Revision as of 19:50, 22 November 2023 by MedLabWIki>Admin (Created page with "* Babies: perform forward testing ONLY * Babies: if baby appears Rh Negative and the mother is Rh Negative, perform weak D testing * AB Rh Positive patients require Rh Control to be performed ** RHC should be a '''reaction of''' '''0'''. This checks that the agglutination seen is '''not''' a result of autoagglutination in the patient. * Rh Control is also used for discrepancies (Rh testing results don't match, e.g. Anti-D1 is 2+ and Anti-D2 is 0) * Rh Control is also use...")
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  • Babies: perform forward testing ONLY
  • Babies: if baby appears Rh Negative and the mother is Rh Negative, perform weak D testing
  • AB Rh Positive patients require Rh Control to be performed
    • RHC should be a reaction of 0. This checks that the agglutination seen is not a result of autoagglutination in the patient.
  • Rh Control is also used for discrepancies (Rh testing results don't match, e.g. Anti-D1 is 2+ and Anti-D2 is 0)
  • Rh Control is also used for IAT Testing (e.g., Weak D testing)