At birth, if a newborn develops Rhesus-related hemolytic disease, treatment may include phototherapy for jaundice, exchange transfusions to replace the baby's blood with Rhesus-negative blood, or ...

In an event where the baby is born rhesus positive and mom is negative and didn’t get the injection after 72hrs, we do the test called the Coombs test, ...

How the Rh Factor Test Is Done. The Rh factor test is a simple blood test. It won’t harm you or your baby. The doctor will use a needle to take a small amount of blood from your arm.

Lastly, a rhesus-negative woman cannot develop rhesus antibodies merely by having sex with a rhesus-positive man. There needs to be pregnancy and a mixture of the baby and the mother’s blood ...

The test detects whether a woman's unborn baby has a protein on their red blood cells known as rhesus D. Currently in Queensland, all rhesus D negative women receive a blood product called anti-D ...