Quick Review Cards for Medical Laboratory Science

Donor Testing Required by AABB

and/or FDA

Immunohematology Review 423

Typing

ABO

Rh (including weak D)

Antibody screen

Syphilis testing

Antibodies to Treponema pallidumor nontreponemal serological test for syphilis, e.g., RPR

Hepatitis testing

HBsAg

Anti-HBc

Anti-HCV

HCV RNA (NAT)

HIV testing

Anti-HIV-1/2

HIV-1 RNA (NAT)

Other infectious disease testing

Anti-HTLV-I/II

West Nile virus RNA (NAT)

Anti–Tryanosoma cruzi(FDA recommends 1-time donor screening)

Test to detect bacterial contamination of platelets

Culture of platelets or FDA-approved rapid test (e.g., Pan Genera Detection [PGD] test)

For autologous donations, complete donor testing required if tf will occur outside collection facility; otherwise only ABO & Rh required.