Study objectives
Get insight in the effect of preventive matching by comparing various strategies for prevention of development of transfusion-induced clinically relevant alloantibodies.
Examine the relative contribution of (previously identified) environmental and genetic (including ethnic background) factors of the development of alloantibodies after red blood cell transfusion (R-Fact)
Evaluate whether genotyping compared to phenotyping may be used to compose a comprehensively typed donor cohort to be used to prevent alloimmunization. Data derived from objective 1 and 2 will be used to resolve this objective. Also cost-effectiveness of genotyping will be part of the research question (in collaboration with project 3).
Evaluate current practices of inventory management of hospital transfusion laboratories and the issuing locations of Sanquin Blood Bank with regard to (extended) phenotyped red blood cell units for the purpose of preventive red blood cell matching
Analyze all costs caused by transfusion-induced alloimmunizatioN