Laboratory Services

HLA Testing

Histocompatibility Laboratory

The Histocompatibility (HLA) Laboratory at Rhode Island Blood Center provides human leukocyte antigen testing and is an ASHI and CLIA accredited laboratory.

Services available include:

DIAGNOSTIC CLINICAL TESTING

1. HLA Matched/Compatible Platelets
2. Antibody Screening
3. TRALI Testing
4. HLA Disease Association Examples
   • Ankylosing spondylitis
   • Celiac Disease
   • Rheumatoid Arthritis
   • Narcolepsy
   • Birdshot Chorioretinopathy
   • Multiple Sclerosis
   • Other Markers
5. HLA-Associated Drug Sensitivity
   • Abacavir Hypersensitivity
   • Allopurinol-SCAR Hypersensitivity
   • Carbamazepine
   • Other Markers
6. HLA Antisera available for purchase

Transplant Clinical Testing

1. Molecular low and high resolution HLA typing for solid organ and bone marrow transplantation
2. Anti-HLA antibodies identification
3. Post-Transplant Donor Specific Antibody (DSA) Monitoring
4. Pre- and Post-Transplant Desensitization Monitoring

Contact: 

The HLA Laboratory is open 7 am to 3:30 pm Monday through Friday.

For questions regarding services, testing or pricing provided by the HLA Laboratory, please call the Laboratory Supervisor at 401-453-8554 or contact us by email: HLA.Lab@ribc.org