title: A simple approach to screen rare donors in Brazil.
abstract: Providing blood units for patients with an antibody to a high-prevalence antigen or with multiple common antibodies is a constant challenge to the blood banks. Finding a compatible donor requires extensive screening, with incurs a large amount of investment. In this article, we share our experience of organizing a rare donor inventory with limited resources, we include the strategy used for finding rare donors, and we share the difficulties found during the implementation of the approach and the results obtained.
authors: PhD (corresponding author), Adjunct Director.
authors: Carine P
authors: CP
authors: Arnoni
authors: PhD, Director.
authors: Flavia R M
authors: FR
authors: Latini
authors: Biologist.
authors: Janaína G
authors: JG
authors: Muniz
authors: Biologist.
authors: Rosangela D M
authors: RD
authors: Person
authors: Biologist.
authors: Tatiane A P
authors: TA
authors: Vendrame
authors: Biologist, Technical and Scientific Department, Colsan-Associação Beneficente de Coleta de Sangue, Avenida Jandira 1260, Indianópolis 04080-006, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Diana
authors: D
authors: Gazito
authors: PhD, Professor and Researcher, Hemocentro-Unicamp, Rua Carlos Chagas 480, Barão Geraldo 13083-878, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors: Lilian
authors: L
authors: Castilho
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks; D001782:Blood Donors; D001938:Brazil; D046148:Donor Selection / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male