It is time to reconsider the risks of transfusing RhD negative females of childbearing potential with RhD positive red blood cells in bleeding emergencies

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• ² Vitalant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• ³ Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia.
• ⁴ Department of Pathology and Pediatrics, George Washington University Medical School, Washington, District of Columbia.
• ⁵ NHS Blood and Transfusion, Birmingham, UK.
• ⁶ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
• ⁷ Department of Hematology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
• ⁸ Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• ⁹ Transfusion Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
• ¹⁰ Department of Clinical Haematology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.
• ¹¹ Rabin Medical Center, Blood Services and Apheresis Institute, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
• ¹² Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.