Accuracy Of Blood Group Typed on National Identity Card

Nabeel Mohammad Ghanem, *Abdul-Salam Ali Zwiad**.

 

 

Abstract:

Background: The ABO blood group was discovered in 1900 by Austrian scientist, Karl Landsteiner. The ABO blood group antigens are one of the most important issues in blood transfusion, because transfusion of ABO incompatible red cells will almost result in symptoms of a hemolytic transfusion reaction(HTR) and may cause disseminated intravascular coagulation, renal failure, and death. The ABO antigens may be found in many tissues and body fluids including red blood cell, platelets and endothelial cell. ABO grouping and Rh typing aid in the diagnosis, prevention and management of immunization associated with: Transfusion, pregnancy and solid organ and bone morrow transplantation.

Aim of study: the aim of the present study was evaluation the accuracy of the written blood group in the national ID card. Material and Methods: The current descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on a total of two hundred volunteers who live in Al-turbah city during March and April of the year 2015 by using the questionnaires in collecting of data . A total of two Hundred blood samples were collected from the volunteers. Direct, and indirect agglutination techniques (Tube method ) used to determine the ABO blood group and Rh factor. Result : the study results found that (5.5%) of the blood group

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type written on the national identity card issuing centers were incompatible with the tested blood group examined on this study of the same volunteer's group. Conclusion : clarify from results that the main cause for the incompatible evaluation, especially in development country, was due to carelessness of some medical laboratory staff for issuing fake blood group card to some people without examine their actual blood groups type., in addition, use un- reliable method that were used inside civil affair centers to test the blood group type.