It’s an early trip to the lab this season to explore exactly how we safely match the blood in the bank to the patient on the ward. Follow your trusty hand-labelled group-and-hold tube as we unpack what actually goes into blood grouping, antibody screening and the final hurdle, the crossmatch!

Timestamps

0:52 - Nick lives in squalor, surprising nobody
2:56 - The Group
4:22 - The Forward Group
6:53 - The Reverse Group
10:55 - The Antibody Screen
18:12 - DAT vs IAT
20:39 - The Crossmatch
25:08 - Anamnestic Antibody Responses
27:58 - Phenotyping
30:25 - Episode Summary

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