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type & screen
Blood typing for erythrocyte antigens & screening for anti- erythrocyte antibodies.
Indications:
- patients who may need blood; however blood transfusion is not yet indicated
- pregnant women
Notes:
- in contrast to type & cross-match, type & screen does not tie up units of blood so that they are unavailable to other patients with a more urgent need
Related
crossmatch
General
blood banking test (transfusion medicine test)
Component-of
obstetric panel
obstetric panel HIV
Components
blood type
erythrocyte antibody panel
erythrocyte antibody screen