blood grouping

What Causes ABO Discrepancies?

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What Causes ABO Discrepancies? Possible causes of an ABO discrepancy due to extra plasma reactivity include ABO subgroup, cold reactive alloantibody, cold reactive autoantibody, antibody to reagent constituent, transfusion of non-ABO-group–specific plasma components, infusion of IVIG, and post–stem cell transplant status. What are the causes of ABO discrepancy? ABO discrepancies may be due to clerical

How Can ABO Discrepancy Be Resolved?

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How Can ABO Discrepancy Be Resolved? In this situation, the discrepancy can be resolved by washing and re-suspending patient RBCs in saline, followed by repeat forward typing with anti-A and anti-B. Acquired B is a rare event. What should be the first thing that a medical technologist can do when there is an ABO discrepancy?