D) stimulates the immune response - answer✔B) binds with antigen
It's a busy Friday evening in the blood bank and you have been receiving a steady stream of type
and screen specimens from the emergency room. Several of them have positive antibodies
screens which require further workup. One fo these patients is a 46 y/o male whose hemoglobin
has dropped from 8.4 g/dl to 4.6 g/dl in the previous 8 hours (normal HgB for this patient
demographic would be ~14 g/dl). Your work up reveals a group O patient with the following
antibodies: anti-K, anti-Fya. The prevalence of K negative in your donor population is 91%
while the prevalence of Fya negative donors is 37%. Two units of cross-matched RBCs are
requested by the physician. How many units of group O RBC units should you phenotype in
order to fulfill the request for two cross-matched units?
A) 2 units of type O RBC units
B) 3 units of type O RBC units
C) 6 units of type O RBC units
D) 12 units of type O RBC units - answer✔C) 6 units of type O RBC units
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