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#Onegoal Q2 of the day... who has the highest priority to receive D neg red cells? (apologies for shorthand!)
...aaand we have a correct answer! Yes, patients who already have alloimmune anti-D are the highest priority to receive D neg red cells. This includes neonates with passive anti-D from mum #blooducation
D neg children and those with unknown blood groups (M and F) should receive D neg blood, but a known D pos child can receive D pos red cells
For the next 2 weeks @PBM_NHS are focussing on O D neg. I’ve got a few #tweetorials up my sleeve; but why is O D neg so important? Can I convince you to make focussing on saving this #preciousblood your #Onegoal for the fortnight? #blooducation
@PBM_NHS Overall red cell issues are falling but O D neg use is static/rising due to increased survival of trauma patients to hospital and increased complexity of transplantation – this is a good thing! But as a %, O D neg use is going up. 
@PBM_NHS O D neg people comprise 7% of both patient and donor population; O D neg patients need O D neg blood, and other key patient groups too (more on that later), so we are always needing to ask more of our O neg donors than others.
