Terms of Reference

  • To perform International Granulocyte Immunology Workshops every other year
  • To organize exchange of typing sera and typed DNA
  • To support scientific co-operations between Working Party members and organize meetings
  • To establish and monitor a nomenclature for human neutrophil alloantigens (HNA)
  • To develop standards for laboratory diagnostics of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)
  • To develop standards for the compatibility testing of granulocyte concentrates
  • To establish standards for the detection of granulocyte antibodies and antigens
  • To characterize granulocyte antibody-mediated disorders