Abstract

Clinical efficacy of PC transfusions in patients immunized with Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) and/or Human Platelet Antigens (HPA) can be improved by relying on platelets from donors typed for HPA and/or HLA. A specific group of PC recipients are newborns with alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) resulting from maternal alloimmunization during pregnancy against specific fetal platelet antigens HPA (especially HPA-1a) produced by the mother as a result of fetomaternal HPA incompatibility. The study aim was to assess the demand and availability for HPA/HLA typed donors in Poland. Outcome of a survey distributed to 23 Polish blood transfusion centers (CKiK) supplemented by data acquired in direct contact (phone) revealed that: 1/ demand for PCs from donors with HLA and/or HPA typed antigens was reported in 7/23 (33.3%) CKiK; 2 / over a 1.5 year period, 1 788 PCs were prepared for patients with anti-HLA- antibodies, 63 PCs for patients with anti-HPA-antibodies and 58 PCs - for patients with anti-HLA and anti-HPA antibodies. FNAIT neonates were transfused with 35 PCs from register donors and 176 PCs from casual donors; 3 / in 13/23 CKiK (61.9%) PC selection for immunized patients was mainly based on crossmatching in LCT; 4 / registers report of 12,885 donors typed for HLA Class I antigens including 417 donors typed for HPA; 5 / nation-wide there are 133 HPA-1a negative donors available for immunized patients; they were selected after typing of 5 872 donors; The number of HPA/HLA typed donors for immunized patients is insufficient. as compared to other countries. Moreover, the demand for registered donors is steadily growing due to expension of FNAIT diagnostics currently performed at the Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine (IHiT) but also in the laboratories of CKiK. One of the responsibilities of the blood transfusion service is to provide PCs for immunized patients.

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