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Hi all, perhaps this is a silly question. We are a growing blood bank that works primarily in gel. We only ever have 2 available panels to use at a time, Ortho Panel A and Panel B. We are bringing in a tube panel to use as an additional resource (Immucor/Werfen Panocell). My question is, if we are working up an antibody ID in gel and need additional rule-outs, can we use selected cells from the tube panel (using tube testing method) to complete our workup? Can you piece together gel and tube to support one antibody ID? I cannot find any guidance on this in the technical manual, any insight is appreciated. Thanks in advance!