A crossmatch is performed prior to administration of blood or blood products (e.g. packed red blood cells). The purpose of the crossmatch is to detect the presence of antibodies in the recipient against the red blood cells of the donor. These antibodies attach to the red blood cells of the donor after transfusion.
Waggaman, Louisiana. Waggaman is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. Waggaman is on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, within the New OrleansâMetairieâKenner Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 10,304 at the 2010 census.
Kinder, a small community located in the southernmost section of Allen Parish, did not come into existence until 1885. The part of southwest Louisiana in which it is located was a wilderness with an abundance of tall pine trees. A few miles to the west flowed the Calcasieu and Whiskey Chitto Rivers.