Bridging the gaps: A prospective analysis of root causes for rejection and incompleteness in blood requisition forms.

Introduction: Blood request form (BRF) stands as a pivotal document in ensuring safe and effective blood transfusions within healthcare settings. Incomplete or erroneous data on BRF can heighten risk of adverse reactions and compromise patient safety. Aim of study was to assess level of completion of BRFs by clinicians and to evaluate root cause analysis (RCA) of incompleteness of BRFs and factors leading to their rejection.

A Study of A1 and A2 Subtypes Among Whole-Blood Donors With Blood Groups A and AB at the Blood Center of a Tertiary Care Institute in Chhattisgarh.

Introduction: The ABO blood group shows various subtypes due to the heterogeneity of A and B alleles. The frequency of these subtypes varies in different populations. Studies related to the frequency of subtypes of blood groups A and AB are lacking in this region.

Blood Group Discrepancy in a Whole Blood Donor With Weak AB.

The ABO blood group system was the first to be discovered; still, there is an enigma in ABO subgroups. The A and A phenotypes account for about 99% of all A or AB blood group individuals, and the rest are the weaker subgroups. They usually are suspected in cases of blood group discrepancies.

Blood group discrepancy in mixed-type autoimmune hemolytic anemia in a pediatric patient.

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is characterized by the presence of antibodies directed against self-antigens on red blood cells (RBCs) leading to progressive RBC destruction along with reduced red cell survival. Mixed-type AIHA is characterized by the presence of both warm and cold-autoantibodies. These autoantibodies may cause blood-group discrepancy or cross-match incompatibility leading to delay in arranging suitable blood unit for transfusion.