• Guide to Lab Services
• Lab Test Directory
• Critical Values
• Discontinued Tests
• Reference Ranges
• Specimen Collection
• Stat Testing
• Sweep Time for Calgary Hospital Lab Collections
• Anatomic Pathology & Cytopathology
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• Flow Cytometry
• Microbiology
• Molecular Diagnostics
• Molecular Hematology
• Referrals
• Tissue Typing
• Toxicology
• Transfusion Medicine
• Pretransfusion Testing
• Ordering Pretransfusion Testing
• Completing the Requisition
• Patient Identification
• RTSIS
• Specimen Collection
• Specimen Rejection
• Blood Components
• Plasma Protein (Fractionation) Products
• Blood Component Issue & Administration
• Ordering Blood Components
• Autologous Transfusion Services
• Directed Donations
• Transfusion Safety Office

Pretransfusion Testing

Pretransfusion testing is required for blood component requests to ensure ABO compatibility between the patient and blood product. The use of the Transfusion Medicine Identification System (RTSIS) is mandatory to increase patient safety.

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