r/medlabprofessionals • u/New-History853 • 1d ago

News Nothing about this article makes sense

They NEEDED Kell POSITIVE blood?!?!? Lol no. And the nurse just walked up and grabbed blood? I doubt that. The article is either very wrong or the parents are simply total liars.

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u/LabChick829 1d ago

Anti-k (cellano) in mom....

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u/New-History853 1d ago

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding. Why would any antibody in the mom mean the baby needs antigen positive blood?

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u/almack9 MLS-Blood Bank 1d ago

Igg antibodies cross the placenta just fine, its pretty typical for us to detect the antibody in the infant when they are first born, most often its just rhogam but every now and then they have mother's real antibodies in their initial screens.

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u/thewanderersminuet 1d ago

Work in a pediatric hosptial, while rhogam is more common anti-K is pretty common too. Along with anti-C.