5
Quality
Control of Reagents
Principle:
Antisera with known
reactivity and red cells of known reactivity
are used to check on reactivity of blood bank reagents
An example of a QC program:
Ortho Confidence Testing
Program
What does it consist of:
Red Blood Cells #1
Confirms
reactivity of:
Anti-A,
Anti-B, and Anti-A,B
Red Blood Cells #2
Confirms
reactivity of:
Anti-D
Antibody antisera
Confirms
reactivity of:
Screening
cells, A1 cells, and B cells
