Table 3.

Fatalities associated with incompatible platelet transfusions reported to the US Food and Drug Administration from 2007 to 2017

Fiscal yearPatient ABOPlatelet ABOAntibody titer
2015 Anti-B (1:2048) 
2014 Anti-A (1:2048) 
2014 AB O* Anti-A and anti-B (1:128)Anti-A and anti-B (1:128) 
O* 
2012 O† “High titer”Data not provided 
O† 
2011 A‡ Anti-A 1:512 for IgM and 1:2048 for IgG25  
2008 B‡ “High titer”Data not provided. 
Fiscal yearPatient ABOPlatelet ABOAntibody titer
2015 Anti-B (1:2048) 
2014 Anti-A (1:2048) 
2014 AB O* Anti-A and anti-B (1:128)Anti-A and anti-B (1:128) 
O* 
2012 O† “High titer”Data not provided 
O† 
2011 A‡ Anti-A 1:512 for IgM and 1:2048 for IgG25  
2008 B‡ “High titer”Data not provided. 

IgG, immunoglobulin G; IgM, immunoglobulin M.

*

Recipient received 2 units of group O platelets from the same donor.

Recipient received 2 units of group O platelets from 2 different donors.

Recipient’s blood group recently changed following ABO-mismatched hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

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