A physician is typing the blood specimen belonging to an eighteen-year-old female to receive emergency blood transfusions due to an unfortunate accident. The following are the results:   Anti-A Anti-B Anti-D A1 Cells B Cells 4+ - - - 4+   Due to the initial negative Anti-D result, the medical technologist decided to perform an indirect antiglobulin test. The following are the results: Anti-D Control Positive Neg   Using the IAT results, should the patient be considered Rh positive or Rh negative? Justify

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A physician is typing the blood specimen belonging to an eighteen-year-old female to receive emergency blood transfusions due to an unfortunate accident. The following are the results:

 

Anti-A

Anti-B

Anti-D

A1 Cells

B Cells

4+

-

-

-

4+

 

Due to the initial negative Anti-D result, the medical technologist decided to perform an indirect antiglobulin test. The following are the results:

Anti-D

Control

Positive

Neg

 

Using the IAT results, should the patient be considered Rh positive or Rh negative? Justify.

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