Direct Coombs Test

Direct Coombs Test (DAT) at Ayiconda Medical Lab Techiman - For Hemolytic Anemia.

What is Direct Coombs Test?
Tests if your immune system is destroying your own red blood cells (antibodies attached to RBCs).

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✔ Gel Card method - modern
✔ Patient Sample POSITIVE = agglutination (red clumps)
✔ Control Positive & Negative
✔ Box: 24 Tests IVD

Who needs Direct Coombs Test?
✔ Newborn with jaundice (Hemolytic disease of newborn) - Rhesus incompatibility
✔ Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
✔ After blood transfusion reaction
✔ Unexplained anemia / jaundice
✔ Mother Rh negative, baby Rh positive

Why Ayiconda?
- Gel Card + Tube method - double check
- Control positive/negative included
- Result in 1-2 hours
- Very few labs in Bono East do this - Specialized!