Next up: Edwin Massey, associate medical director, update on donor typing and availability #F2FNHSBT
100k donations/year have an extended phenotype done. 60% packs are HbS tested and negative. Single test for HbS is satisfactory; not repeated for every donation #F2FNHSBT
18k group O donors typed for rarer antigens; Vel, Ge, Lub and Kpb and further 12k for Inb and Jsb based on donor ethnicity. 2000 donors on rare donor panel #F2FNHSBT
These donors are very important and targeted for retention #F2FNHSBT
Stock algorithm interrogates stock and set times and generates request for replacement when levels drop #F2FNHSBT
Plt donors are HPA and HLA genotyped. Genotyping for red cell donors may be the future #F2FNHSBT
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