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reaction. Reagents used to enhance IgG detection are referred to as potentiators. RBCs have a net negative charge called zeta potential which causes them to have a natural repulsion for one another. Potentiators reduce the zeta potential of RBC membranes. Common potentiators include low ionic
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attached to the surface of red blood cells. To perform the test, a blood sample is taken and the red blood cells are washed (removing the patient's plasma and unbound antibodies from the red blood cells) and then incubated with anti-human globulin ("Coombs reagent"). If the red cells then
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antibody-antigen reactions. It is used to detect very low concentrations of antibodies present in a patient's plasma/serum prior to a blood transfusion. In antenatal care, the IAT is used to screen pregnant women for antibodies that may cause
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The RBCs are washed three or four times with isotonic saline solution and then incubated with antihuman globulin. If antibodies have bound to RBC surface antigens in the first stage, RBCs will agglutinate when incubated with the
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The indirect Coombs test is used in prenatal testing of pregnant women and in testing prior to a blood transfusion. The test detects antibodies against foreign red blood cells. In this case,
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blood are screened for antibodies with the indirect Coombs test. Each sample is incubated against a wide range of RBCs that together exhibit a full range of surface antigens (i.e.
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of RBCs and allowing for visualisation of the resulting clumps of RBCs. If clumping is seen, the Coombs test is positive; if not, the Coombs test is negative.
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the RBCs and the direct Coombs test will be positive. (A visual representation of a positive direct Coombs test is shown in the upper half of the schematic).
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Coombs tests are performed using RBCs or serum (direct or indirect, respectively) from venous whole blood samples which are taken from patients by
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The IAT is a two-stage test. (A cross match is shown visually in the lower half of the schematic as an example of an indirect Coombs test).
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surface antigens. The DAT is not required for pre-transfusion testing but may be carried out by some laboratories. Before transfusion, an
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By diluting a serum containing antibodies the quantity of the antibody in the serum can be gauged. This is done by performing
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is extracted from a blood sample taken from the patient. The serum is incubated with foreign red blood cells of known
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of the serum and finding the maximum dilution of test serum that is able to produce agglutination of relevant RBCs.
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as IgM antibodies are able to bridge between RBC's owing to their large size, efficiently creating what is seen as
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The direct Coombs test, also referred to as the direct antiglobulin test (DAT), is used to detect if antibodies or
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The indirect Coombs test is used to test a sample of the recipient's serum for antibodies against a sample of the
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specific for human immunoglobulins and human complement system factors. More specific Coombs reagents or
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and Rh D compatible. Donor blood for transfusion is also screened for infections in separate processes.
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The indirect Coombs test, also referred to as the indirect antiglobulin test (IAT), is used to detect
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Reid ME, Lomas-Francis C (23 December 2015). "Chapter 136: Erythrocytes Antigens and Antibodies".
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to antigens on the RBC surface, the antibodies will bind to the surface of the RBCs.
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Other blood group incompatibility (RhC, Rhe, Kidd, Duffy, Lewis, MN, P and others)
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The indirect Coombs test is used to screen for antibodies in the preparation of
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who requested the Coombs test, perhaps with assistance from a laboratory-based
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antibodies are most reactive at 37°C. IgM antibodies are easily detected in
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Common clinical uses of the Coombs test include the preparation of blood for
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A blood sample from the recipient and a blood sample from every unit of
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The direct Coombs test is used clinically when immune-mediated
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The indirect Coombs test is used to screen pregnant women for
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or complement factors have been fixed on to the RBC surface
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Examples of autoimmune hemolysis/immunohemolytic hemolysis
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Image by Mikael Häggström, MD. Source for conditions:
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Schematic showing the direct and indirect Coombs tests
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Zantek, Nicole D.; Koepsell, Scott A. (2012-04-12).
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The donor's and recipient's blood must be 257:or a drug-induced immune-mediated mechanism. 131:The two Coombs tests are based on anti-human 1252:Transfusion associated circulatory overload 908: 743: 87:The direct Coombs test is used to test for 1801: 1787: 1552: 1538: 1262:Febrile non-hemolytic transfusion reaction 1135:International Society of Blood Transfusion 1014: 1000: 285:Anti-Kell hemolytic disease of the newborn 984:at the U.S. National Library of Medicine 942: 931:British Journal of Experimental Pathology 812: 318:Warm antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia 232: 122: 1808: 1646:Enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique 865:(9th ed.). 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Index

MeSH
D003298
MedlinePlus
003344
blood tests
immunohematology
anemia
blood transfusion
autoimmune hemolytic anemia
red blood cells
complement proteins
agglutinate
serum
antigenicity

antibodies
IgG
IgM
plasma cells
human plasma
antigens
red blood cells
agglutination
transfusion
cross-matching
blood plasma
pregnant
antenatal care
hemolytic anemias
venipuncture

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