- Type A Whole Blood (NBB-TSWB) will be stored and used only at MTFs which utilize anti-sera and red cell reagents to conduct forward and reverse blood typing. Currently in the deployed environment, this is only Role 3 MTFs.
- Type Specific Whole Blood, either NBB-TSWB or WBB-TSWB, is only used when the recipient’s blood type has been determined in a laboratory as described above and exactly matches available type specific whole blood.
- Use LTOWB or appropriate component therapy featuring universal donor products when recipient’s blood type is in doubt.
- Switch to NBB-TSWB or WBB-TSWB when able and only when appropriate testing capability is available.