Effective Thursday, July 1, 2004, the DeGowin Blood Center will require all blood specimens to be labeled with the patient’s first and last name and medical record number.  This is a restatement of current DeGowin Blood Center practices; it doesn’t represent a change in policy.  Specimens will be rejected if the information is not on the label when received.  Precompatibility testing requires typenex labeled procedure.

The following tests will require this information:

ABO and Rh Type (Type)

Antibody Identification (Cell Panel)

Antibody Screen (Indirect Antiglobulin Test)

Antibody Titration (IgG with Marsh Score)

Antibody Titration (IgM + IgG)

Cold Agglutinin Titer

Direct Coombs Test (Direct Antiglobulin Test)

Donath-Landsteiner Test

DTT (Dithiothreitol) Antibody Titer

Fetal Red Cell Screen

Platelet Antibody Screening Test

Platelet Crossmatch

Red Cell Antigen Testing

Rh Type

Questions may be directed to Char Elbert (6-1836), Judy Levitt (6-1835), or Dr. Ronald Strauss (6-0387).