Anti-D donors recognized in Holguín
- Written by Lourdes Pichs Rodríguez
- Published in Health
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Holguín is the leading province in anti-D plasma donors, with 14 registered donors (10 currently eligible) who provide plasma twice a month and are monitored to ensure quality.
The anti-D subprogram is part of the Plasma Donor Program and is key to producing anti-D immunoglobulin for vaccinating Rh-negative pregnant women within the Maternal and Child Care Program (Pami).
Anti-D vaccination for these donors is administered every three months as needed and is done using inoculation of immunogenic blood to raise antibody titers.
Titers are checked monthly; if they fall below 512, the vaccine is given, explained the director of the Provincial Blood Bank, Dr. Yanet Reyes Aguilera.
Anti-D immunoglobulin, produced from plasma of special donors, prevents Rh(D)-negative women from developing harmful antibodies during pregnancies with Rh(D)-positive fetuses, thus protecting maternal and infant health. Pregnant women receive anti-D during pregnancy and immediately after labor and delivery.
Medical literature notes that the Rh factor is a protein found on some blood types and is inherited as a dominant gene, and the discovery of the Rh factor and subsequent anti-D treatment are among the 20th-century medical advances with the greatest impact on perinatal outcomes, according to the International Confederation of Midwives.
