American National Red Cross
Subject: Medical Laboratory Technology
ISSN: 0894-203X
eISSN: 1930-3955
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Gregory A. Denomme / Connie M. Westhoff / Lilian Maria de Castilho / Maryse St-Louis / Vagner Castro / Marion E. Reid
Keywords : blood group alleles, Consortium for Blood Group Genes, profi ciency, target alleles
Citation Information : Immunohematology. Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 47-50, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/immunohematology-2019-201
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Published Online: 12-March-2020
The Consortium for Blood Group Genes is a worldwide organization whose goal is to have a vehicle to interact, establish guidelines, operate a profi ciency program, and provide education for laboratories involved in DNA and RNA testing for the prediction of blood group, platelet, and neutrophil antigens. Currently, the consortium operates with representatives from Brazil, Canada, and the United States. Membership is voluntary with the expectation that members actively contribute to discussions involving blood group genetics. This year witnessed a change in the standing committee membership and the institution of a representative for the human platelet antigens group. Looking forward, the consortium sees challenges for the nomenclature of blood group alleles and user-required specifi cations for laboratory information systems to store genotype information.