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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
Blood typing → Blood compatibility testing – I have now looked at this article and related articles such as Blood type, Blood transfusion, Hemolytic disease of the newborn, Human blood group systems and Alloimmunity, and what Wikipedia lacks is an article on Blood compatibility testing. I think the best way to properly cover this field is to expand the scope of this Blood typing article, from identifying antigens to identifying antigens as well as presence or absence of antibodies against them. After all, the Blood type article will still be there for readers who are only interested in the antigens. For both blood transfusion and hemolytic disease of the newborn, on the other hand, blood compatibility testing is arguably even more about detecting the relevant alloantibodies than it is about blood typing, since a transfusion donor or fetus may be positive for the blood type, but the recipient or mother may nevertheless not produce antibodies against it. Mikael Häggström (talk) 23:15, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Mikael Häggström article creator here, thanks for starting this discussion. I've been looking at the suite of transfusion medicine articles lately and noticed the same issues. We don't seem to have a page that covers antibody screening in depth, for example, although it's relevant to a number of different articles. I considered starting a stand-alone article on it but was not sure if one was warranted and, if not, where would be the best place to put it. Since blood typing, antibody screening and crossmatching all rely on the same basic principles and have mostly the same indications it would make sense to cover all three in one article (although it will take a bit of work to do so). Pinging Graham Beards who might have some thoughts on this as well. Spicy (talk) 01:15, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
We certainly need more on antibody screening - I don't know how it is done outside the UK. The proposed article could end up very long. We have all seen books on the sole subject, but I agree with the proposed move as long as we don't leave it to Spicy to do all the extra work.Graham Beards (talk) 10:28, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
After a move, I am willing to add the main material on antibody screening, and do harmonization between the related articles. With links to main articles where applicable, I don't think it will make this article overly long. Mikael Häggström (talk) 12:39, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with above. We already have Blood type and making this title more specific makes the whole suite easier to understand and easier to ensure content is appropriately placed. Thanks all above for your planned contributions. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:01, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
So the article has been re-titled and re-scoped - thanks to Mikael Haggstrom for putting in most of the work. There are still a few changes I'd like to make to ensure the article is well-organized and comprehensive enough; I'm listing these here mostly to organize my own thoughts, but feel free to help out if you're interested.
The "medical uses" background should really give an overview of the full procedure for pre-transfusion testing
The "blood typing methods" section needs to be reworked - MTS gel can be used for antibody screening and crossmatching in addition to blood typing, for example
"Antibody panel" section could use more info on the full procedure, how it works and why it's done rather than just the process for ruling in antibodies
"Other routine testing in blood transfusions" needs additional sources
