Guide to electronic crossmatching - Transfusion Guidelines
Guide to electronic crossmatching – one sample
What is electronic crossmatching?
This term refers to the issue of blood without direct serological crossmatching, i.e. the mixing of patient plasma with donor red cells. Safety is ensured by computer controls in the transfusion laboratory.
What is it’s purpose?
• To respond faster to requests for blood
• To cut wastage by reducing the amount of allocated and stock blood in the system
• To reduce laboratory workload
What does this process require?
• A valid group and save (G&S) or crossmatch (XM) blood sample which is in date and complies with [YOUR TRUST/HOSPITAL] blood transfusion policy
• No clinically significant antibodies
Who is eligible?
• Patients with a valid G&S or XM sample in the laboratory
• Patients with no clinically significant antibodies
Who is not eligible?
• Patients who do not have a current sample in the laboratory
• Patients with clinically significant antibodies - this could result in a delay of up to 3 days in provision of blood. For these patients, the sample will still be valid for serological crossmatch if in date, but the patient will not be eligible for rapid electronic issue of blood
• Bone marrow and stem cell transplants
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