Transfuse Only Facility

• No red blood cells held on site
• No pre-transfusion testing performed on site
• Transfuses crossmatched blood supplied by other facility

Hold Blood/Transfuse Laboratory

• Holds O negative, Kell negative, uncrossmatched red blood cells for transfusion in emergent situations
• No pre-transfusion testing performed on site
• Transfuses crossmatched blood supplied by other facility

Basic Testing Transfusion Laboratory

• Basic pre-transfusion testing includes: Direct Antiglobulin Test, Group and Screen and Crossmatching when no significant antibodies are detected

Advanced Testing Transfusion Laboratory

• Pre-transfusion testing included: All testing performed at the Basic Testing laboratories, as well as basic antibody identification, antigen typing and crossmatching
• Advanced Testing laboratories require at least two commercial manufactured antibody panels to complete basic antibody identification

Complex Testing Transfusion Laboratory

• Full range of pre- and post-transfusion testing provided
• Performs complex testing to determine basic and complex antibody identification
• Complex testing requires multiple commercially manufactured antibody panels and anti-sera to identify and exclude antibodies