Journal article
Group O RBCs: where is universal donor blood being used
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There have been recurrent shortages of group O blood due to insufficient inventory and use of group O blood in ABO non-identical recipients. We performed a 12-year retrospective study to determine utilization of group O Rh-positive and Rh-negative red blood cells (RBCs) by recipient ABO group. Reasons for transfusing group O blood to ABO non-identical recipients were also assessed.
METHODS: Utilization data from all group O …
Authors
Barty RL; Pai M; Liu Y; Arnold DM; Cook RJ; Zeller MP; Heddle NM
Journal
Vox Sanguinis, Vol. 112, No. 4, pp. 336–342
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
May 2017
DOI
10.1111/vox.12492
ISSN
0042-9007