title: [Strategy of pretransfusion diagnosis in planned operations--experiences with the BAB (blood group determination, antibody determination test, blood availability) system].
abstract: A report is presented on the first experiences gained after introducing a system for the reduction of pretransfusional diagnostics (BAB-system). By using this system at the University clinics of the Charité, Berlin, it was possible to lower the quotient of crossmatch/transfusion to 1.8 and to increase the availability of stored blood by 15%. So, the application of the BAB-system will lead to an increase of efficiency in compatibility tests prior to transfusion, thus contributing to an optimization in blood storage.
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
chemical_list: D007518:Isoantibodies
vernacular_title: Zur Strategie der prätransfusionellen Diagnostik bei planbaren Operationen--Erfahrungen mit dem BAB-System.