title: Safety of the abbreviated cross-match in association with sensitive serum screening.
abstract: The satisfactory outcome of 6 years experience with the abbreviated cross-match and pretransfusion serum screening are described. Antibody detection and identification were improved by using microplates rather than tubes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dodsworth
mesh_terms: D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching / Q000379:methods*; D003298:Coombs Test / Q000379:methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D007518:Isoantibodies