Blood Component ABO Compatibility Chart ... Rh Compatibility - ONLY APPLIES TO RED BLOOD CELLS AND PLATELETS

ABO compatibility of Red Blood Cells (RBC) is fundamental to safe transfusion. Although ABO group typing only requires 5-10 minutes to perform, in certain critical situations a patient may lose a …

Plasma is free of red blood cells, leukocytes and platelets, and in general must be ABO compatible with the recipient's red blood cells. Rh factor need not be considered.

All RBC transfusions must be ABO compatible with the recipient. Red blood cells do not provide viable platelets, nor do they provide clinically significant amounts of coagulation factors.

Compatibility testing (Type and Screen sample collected to be used for transfusion) is to be repeated every 3 days, as indicated. The Type and Screen sample expires at midnight on the 3rd day after it …

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These random donor platelet concentrates contain about 60mL of plasma and small numbers of red blood cells and leukocytes. If ABO compatible platelets are unavailable, ABO incompatible platelets …

Is prepared from plasma and contains fibrinogen, factor VIII, von Willebrand factor, factor XIII and fibronectin. It is stored frozen and must be transfused within 6 hours of thawing or 4 hours of pooling.

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