{
  "id": 18722781,
  "title": "PT Health Watch: Blood grouping alone cannot guarantee safe transfusion, experts warn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/pt-health-watch-blood-grouping-alone-cannot-guarantee-safe",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T13:11:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/health/health-news/923476-pt-health-watch-blood-grouping-alone-cannot-guarantee-safe-transfusion-experts-warn.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Medical laboratory scientists, explained to PT HEALTH WATCH that donated blood must undergo additional laboratory tests, including crossmatching and screening for transfusion-transmissible infections, before it is released for transfusion. The post PT Health Watch: Blood grouping alone cannot guarantee safe transfusion, experts warn appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}