Other Donor Testing Issues

Date Posted	Subject
July 8, 2010	Testing previously pregnant first time platelet donors for anti-HLA and HNA antibodies ADDENDA Sept. 30
Sept. 29, 2009	A problem with 12x75 glass tubes cracking when retesting blood donor units using an automated Gel-based technology ADDENDA Oct. 4 & 8
Apr. 20, 2008	Puzzling Hemolysis in Donor Sample Tubes ADDENDA Apr. 22 & 24; May 7
Mar. 21, 2007	A proposal to eliminate weak D testing on autologous RBC donations
Mar. 10, 2005	Policies for testing donors, patients and pregnant women for the DVI Rh variant (a form of weak D) ADDENDA Mar. 16
Aug. 15, 2004	An alternative approach to ABO/Rh donor unit confirmation testing ADDENDA Aug. 21
July 26, 2004	Safety and validation issues in considering a switch from glass to plastic tubes for testing donors and patients ADDENDA Jan 31 & Feb 2, 2005
Apr. 6, 2004	Issues arising from the discovery of unexpected antibodies in plateletpheresis products ADDENDA Apr. 7 & 8
Aug 1, 2003	Managing discrepant results from repeat HemoCue tests when screening donors for anemia ADDENDA Aug. 4, 5, 6, 8, 11 & 12
Oct. 8, 2002	Methods used to screen blood donors for anemia ADDENDA Oct. 19; UPDATE Nov. 19
Aug. 27, 2002	Is routine donor screening for unexpected antibodies really necessary?
May 22, 2002	Screening for sickle cell trait and informing blood donors of the test results
Mar. 5, 2002	Monitoring frequent platelet pheresis donors for developing thrombocytopenia ADDENDA Mar. 6
Oct. 4, 2001	Switching from glass tubes to plastic tubes for blood bank laboratory testing ADDENDA Oct. 5 & Dec. 17
Mar. 11, 1999	With NAT here, should Europe (EU) drop the ALT requirement?

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