[Revised definition of the concept rhesus-negative blood donor; practical experiences].
In 1987 the Central Medical Blood-transfusion Committee of the Netherlands Red Cross decided to modify their definition of 'Rh-negative' as it applied to blood donors. Until then the term Rh-negative had been reserved for donations that grouped as C- and E-negative and failed to react with IgG anti-D by the indirect antiglobulin test (IAT). From June 1987, however, donations were considered to be Rh-negative if they failed to react with two strong anti-D sera. An evaluation is presented over the first one and a half years of working with the new definition, the problems that were encountered and the measures that are taken to guarantee the quality of Rh testing.
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Rode Kruis Bloedbank Zuid-Limburg, Maastricht.
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Dudok de Wit
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D001771:Blood Banks; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012203:Rh Isoimmunization; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; D009626:Terminology as Topic
D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
Herziene omschrijving van het begrip rhesus-negative bloeddonor; de ervaringen in de praktijk.