Basingstoke and north hampshire hospital pathology user handbook

Sample Required for the Transfusion Department
Group and Save 6 mL EDTA

Crossmatch (incl. Group & save) 6 mL EDTA

Ante-Natal Blood Group & antibodies 6 mL EDTA

Antibody Screen 6 mL EDTA

Direct Coombs Test 6 mL EDTA or 3 ml EDTA

Kleihauer 3 mL EDTA

Cold agglutinin titre 6 mL EDTA (to be kept at 37^oC)

Immune Haemolysins 6 mL EDTA

Warm auto antibodies (incl. Eluate) 6 mL EDTA and 3 x 3ml EDTA

Drug related antibodies 6 mL EDTA

Donath Landsteiner 6 mL EDTA and 2 x 3ml EDTA

Antibody titres 6 mL EDTA

Anti-D quantitation 6 mL EDTA

HLA antibodies 6 mL EDTA7-10ml clotted

Platelet antibodies 20mL EDTA and 10ml clotted blood

HLA B27 6 mL EDTA

HLA Typing 12 mL EDTA

HLA A,B,Cw 12 mL EDTA

HLA DR, DQ 12 mLEDTA

HLA B28 6 mL EDTA

Useful clinical information - Common causes of spurious results

Please ensure that you follow instructions when collecting and storing samples. Inappropriate sample collection, storage and transport can interfere with a number of results. Some examples are given in the table below: