Patient information leaflets

NHSBT H&I laboratories have developed a series of patient information leaflets to assist healthcare professionals to obtain informed consent for diagnostic testing. The leaflets explain what happens to their sample and why the tests are undertaken along with a brief explanation of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics investigations.

Solid organ transplantation 

• Histocompatibility testing for kidney transplant donors (PDF 68KB)
• Histocompatibility testing for cardiothoracic transplant patients (PDF 68KB)
• Histocompatibility testing for kidney transplant patients (PDF 68KB)

Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation 

• Histocompatibility testing for stem cell transplant patients (PDF 67KB)
• Histocompatibility testing for potential donors for stem-cell transplant patients (PDF 67KB)

H&I services related to transfusion 

• Histocompatibility testing for platelet transfusion patients (PDF 68KB)

Immunogenetics – HLA and disease association

• Immunogenetic markers and diagnosing diseases (PDF 65KB)

Platelet immunology

• Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) : Your background guide to HIT and the associated laboratory testing (PDF 68KB)
• Platelet antigens and antibodies in pregnancy (PDF 220KB)

Granulocyte immunology 

• Information for mothers about neutrophil blood groups and Neonatal Alloimmune Neutropenia (NAIN) (PDF 72KB)

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