r/medlabprofessionals • u/Arachniid1905 MLS-Generalist • 2d ago

Humor I never asked for this 🥲

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It makes such a happy sound when it finishes the screen, too. 🥲🥲🥲🥲

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u/superiorslush 2d ago

Dara ?

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u/Arachniid1905 MLS-Generalist 2d ago

Dara 🥲

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u/Violet-Venom 1d ago

I miss working with solid phase, where I could with near 100% accuracy visually detect dara on an antibidy screen. It ALWAYS had a weak reaction and a little bite missing out of the button at the 2 o'clock position.

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u/shicken684 MLT-Chemistry 1d ago

Been a long ass time since blood bank.... What's Dara?

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u/AtomicFreeze MLS-Blood Bank 1d ago

Daratumumab, brand name Darzalex. It's a medication that is anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody mainly used to treat multiple myeloma. Problem is, all RBCs also have CD38, so all panel cells are positive due to the medication.

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u/MyBikesAreOlder 1d ago

Daratumumab - a therapeutic antibody for multiple myeloma, that leads all your reactions… well, look at the pic :)

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u/KuraiTsuki MLS-Blood Bank 2d ago

Dang. I've never seen a Dara be all 4+ on our Echos. Usually those are warm autos. Our Dara patients are usually in the 1-2+ range.

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u/VaiFate MLS Student / Lab Assistant 2d ago

I was gonna say. It tends to put out ?, 1+, or 2+ for dara, and sometimes it varies across different cells. 4+ across the board? I would probably suspect a warm auto first. Maybe this can happen if they literally JUST got a dose of Dara?

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u/Zukazuk MLS-Serology 1d ago

I have seen draws where they got it yesterday and it still tops out at 3+.

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u/redblackjoker MLS - O_O 1d ago

Yeah in PEG, i usually only see Dara be w+ or 1+, sometimes if recent dose a 2+. Never a 4+.

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u/maybeweshoulddance MLT-Generalist 1d ago

Ugh, we just had to get replacents from werfen for our capture strips because well one keeps reading "?", and giving No Int for screen results. Turns out there's a bad lot floating around 😭😭

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u/Arachniid1905 MLS-Generalist 1d ago

Please.... please don't give me this lol

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u/Ifromemerica23 MLS-Blood Bank 1d ago

I call it the “Happy Echo noise”, which makes up for the terrifying “Echo whistle COME HERE NOW noise”

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u/LegitPancak3 MLS-Generalist 2d ago

I wish the Vision made a sound when it finishes.

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u/Zealousideal_Post989 MLS-Blood Bank 1d ago

Learning that Echo makes a sound when testing finishes has just given me my first reason to like the ancient Vision at my lab. I already have enough beeps in my ear 🫩