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The direct Coombs' test may be used if doctors suspect a person is affected by a type of anaemia called haemolytic anaemia. Haemolytic anaemia is a condition where there are not enough red blood cells in the body because something in the body is destroying them.
The direct coombs test seeks antibodies on a patient's own red cells that may be causing red cell damage and perhaps anemia. The indirect coombs test is used in blood banking to determine what antigens are present on unknown red cells by seeing what antibodies they bind. ...Read more.