In Mareeba we also do the Free Circulating Anti D. In Mackay a Kleihauer test was done an hour after birth and Anti D was given if baby was positive and the amount according to the estimation of circulating fetal blood cells. Cheers Judy
--- Andrea Quanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thats interesting Marilyn as I have never heard of this being > done. > Everywhere I have ever worked( not many institutions I admit) > give the > anti D and thats it. No follow up is done. What do other > people do? How > often after birth do you have to give a second dose? I can see > more > homework is needed to find out what is best practice. > > Andrea Quanchi > > On Saturday, October 30, 2004, at 08:15 , Marilyn Kleidon > wrote: > > > Yes there is. In the hospital up in FNQ at least, we do a > FCAD (free > > circulating anti-D blood test) 48 hours after the anti-D is > given > > (apparently this test was done 24 hrs after the previous > brand of > > anti-D but > > this changed with WinRho to 48 hrs). If there is passive > anti-D detected > > then no further anti-D is given if the test is negative in > other words > > all > > of the antiD has been used up then another dose of antiD is > given and > > yet > > another FCAD in a further 48 hrs. Of course this is after > the regular > > postnatal dose of anti-D given as soon as the baby's blood > group is > > identified (and if it is Rh positive). > > > > marilyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andrea Quanchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 1:37 AM > > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Re: > > > > > >> That was my point and so the woman was given a further dose > of Anti D. > >> Apparently the pathologist has followed up on the issue > with CSL but I > >> have not had the opportunity to talk to him yet > >> Andrea > >> On Tuesday, October 26, 2004, at 08:22 , JoFromOz wrote: > >> > >>> Andrea Quanchi wrote: > >>> > >>>> I had one case recently where pathology decided that > there was > >>>> enough > >>>> remaining that anti D was not required after birth even > though she > >>>> had > >>>> an rh +ve baby. > >>> > >>> That could be true, but who knows exactly how much (if > any) rh+ blood > >>> got into mum's blood stream. Surely they can't be sure > there are > >>> enough anti D antibodies to counteract the possible amount > of foetal > >>> blood crossing? I would have thought there'd be a limit > on how much > >>> of > >>> the rh+ blood could be combated by a certain number of > antibodies. > >>> ? > >>> > >>> Jo > >>> > >>> -- > >>> This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > >>> Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > >> Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > >> > > > > > > -- > > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > > > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
