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
- HLA Matched/Compatible Platelets
- Antibody Screening
- TRALI Testing
- HLA Disease Association Examples
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Celiac Disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Narcolepsy
- Birdshot Chorioretinopathy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Other Markers
- HLA-Associated Drug Sensitivity
- Abacavir Hypersensitivity
- Allopurinol-SCAR Hypersensitivity
- Carbamazepine
- Other Markers
- HLA Antisera available for purchase
Transplant Clinical Testing
- Molecular low and high resolution HLA typing for solid organ and bone marrow transplantation
- Anti-HLA antibodies identification
- Post-Transplant Donor Specific Antibody (DSA) Monitoring
- 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