Immediate-spin<unk>  Immediate-spin<unk>  (ISCM) is an abbreviated form of<unk>  that is faster, but less sensitive; its primary use is to detect a mismatch between ABO blood types. It is an immediate test that involves combining the patient's serum and donor's red blood cells at room temperature, then centrifuging the sample and observing for agglutination or hemolysis. A lack of agglutination or hemolysis indicates a negative test reaction, or compatible match. ISCM is not appropriate in all circumstances; if the recipient's antibody screen is positive, or if they have had a positive antibody screen in the past, a full<unk> match is performed instead. Anti-human globulin<unk>  The AHG<unk> match is done by incubating the recipient serum/plasma with the donor's red blood cells and adding anti-human globulin. It is essentially an indirect Coomb's test. It is also called "full<unk> ", "IAT<unk> " and "Coomb's<unk> ". Electronic<unk>  Electronic<unk>  is a computer-assisted analysis using data, from the donor unit (where a donor's blood is tested prior to donation) and testing done on blood samples from the intended recipient. This includes ABO/Rh typing of the unit and of the recipient, and an antibody screen of the recipient. Electronic<unk>  can only be used if a patient has a negative antibody screen, which means that they do not have any active red blood cell atypical antibodies, or they are below the detectable level of current testing methods. If all of the data entered is compatible, the computer will print a compatibility label stating that the unit is safe to transfuse. Major versus minor * Major<unk> -match: Here the Recipient serum is tested against donor packed cells to determine if the recipient has preformed antibodies against any antigens on the donor's cells. This is the required<unk> -match prior to release of a unit of packed cell from blood bank. * Minor<unk> -match: Here the Recipient red cells are tested against donor serum to detect donor antibodies directed against a patient's antigens. This is no longer required. It is assumed that the small amount of donor serum and antibodies left in a unit of packed cells will be diluted in a recipient.
Cross-matching
Chemosensitivity assay
Seroprevalence
Transmission disequilibrium test
Genetic linkage
Flow cytometry
Genetic discrimination
Allergy test