Quality Assurance Blood Type

Alphabetical Test listing

Quality Assurance Blood Type-14430

Test name:

Test number:

14430

Excellian order number:

LAB14430

Abbreviation:

QABT

Alternate names:

Confirmatory blood type

Tests included:

ABO and Rh

Useful for:

Per transfusion verification of the patient blood type when a historical type was not completed at Allina Health or positive patient identification was not completed using bedside barcoding technology.

Specimen type:

EDTA whole blood

Collection container:

Lavender (EDTA), 4mL

Volume:

4.0 mL

Minimum volume:

1.0 mL

Collection instructions:

Use aseptic technique

Label Specimen:

Patient first and last name (Use legal name.)
Patient medical record number
Date of sample collection
Time of collection
Phlebotomist identifier

Processing instructions:

Refrigerate whole blood specimen 2-8C

Aliquot of samples are not accepted.

Transport container:

Lavender (EDTA), 4 mL

Alternate collection container:

Two (2) Microtainer - lavender (EDTA) tubes

Transport and stability:

Refrigerated (preferred) - 7 days

Ambient - immediately transport to the laboratory

Specimen retention time:

7 days

Reason for rejection:

Labeling errors
Aliquots
Wrong tube type used in collection.
Collected tubes in gel separator tube.
Gross Hemolysis
Gross Lipemia
Gross Icterus

Performing lab:

AHL - Blood Bank: B

Days set up:

Daily

TAT:

Within 8 hours

Method:

Agglutination, Column-agglutination

Clinical information:

The ABO system is regarded as the most important blood-group system in transfusion medicine because of severe hemolytic transfusion reactions.

The Rh blood group system is the second most important blood group system, after the ABO blood group system.

Additional billing information:

This is a no charge test

Date created:

12/24/2025