Group and Save / Crossmatch

General Information

Group and Screen Sample Volume Requirements;

Adults: 6ml EDTA

Paediatrics: 4ml EDTA

Neonates: 0.5ml EDTA

Blood Bank need to ensure that there are two distinct samples from a patient that have generated the same blood group from both samples. If Blood Bank have seen the patient before and already have a historic blood group (after 20thOctober 2015) then you only need to make a request for group and save or X-match as you normally do. If the patient has no previous records in Blood Bank then you MUST repeat the group and save or X-match with a second sample.