Pretransfusion Testing (Basic Immunohematology Part 2 ...

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(4) pH (a) Optimal pH (7.0 in vitro) encourages an environment where: i) RBC surfaces are negatively charged ii) Antibodies are weakly positive (b) Decreasing pH leads to dissociation of antibody from RBC surface

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