Case Study: A patient with a history of cancer is scheduled for surgery in 3 days. She has received multiple transfusions after her chemotherapy appointments for the past several years. She has no known history of antibodies. Pretransfusion Testing Results: ABO/Rh: A negative Antibody Screen: positive A full workup is completed and you identify the patient has an Anti-Fyb. After checking patient history with other local area hospitals, you discover that the patient also has an Anti-N that is not currently demonstrating. The physician has ordered 4 units on hold for the OR.
1. What type of crossmatch would be suitable for this patient?
2. What antigens do the units need to be negative for?
3. How many units would you need to screen for antigens to find 4 compatible units? (show your work) Looking for Assignment Help?
4. After performing compatibility testing on the 4 units, one of them is incompatible. Why might this be? What should next steps be?