Prevalence of irregular red cell antibody in healthy blood donors attending a tertiary care hospital in North India

Conclusion: Antibodies against red cells can be present in healthy donors detection of which is important in providing safe blood to the patient. The prevalence of red blood cell antibody in healthy donors in this study was found to be 0.27%, while the prevalence of alloantibodies was 0.09%. The majority of alloantibodies were anti-M (56.57%) and anti-D (27.63%).

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Source: Asian Journal of Transfusion Science - February 16, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Raj Nath Makroo Saroj Rajput Soma Agarwal Mohit Chowdhry Bindu Prakash Prashant Karna Source Type: research