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The Vision is NOT the successor to the Provue by manufacturer. Provue was manufactured by Grifols and the Vision is manufactured by a different company (Swiss). Ortho contracted out the production of their analyzers. The Vision has a lot of issues with camera over-sensitivity creating a lot of indeterminate results for antibody screens (? results). Either manual review or verification is required. Our particular Vision has had several repair and software issues in 6 months. The random access is great, as is having two centrifuges. QC was a nightmare until November since you did not have the ability to edit results which locked you out of using the analyzer. I would definitely recommend taking a look at the Biorad and Grifols automated analyzers (both Gel methods).

I recommend you hold off on your Vision until either the current issues with the IgG cards gets resolved or the camera can be adjusted for sensitivity! Almost all our patients require editing of the antibody cell screen results on the Vision due to weak false positive reactions. The camera is very sensitive and picks up the "small grainy clumps near the bottom the reaction wells. Consider looking at the Biorad analyzer (just received FDA approval) and the Grifols benchtop which is pending FDA approval - both gel systems!

I recommend you hold off on your Vision until either the current issues with the IgG cards gets resolved or the sensitivity on the Vison can be adjusted! Almost all our patients require editing of the antibody cell screen results on the Vision due to weak false positive reactions. The camera is very sensitive and picks up the "small grainy clumps near the bottom of the reaction wells. Also, consider looking at the Biorad analyzer (just received FDA approval) and the Grifols benchtop which is pending FDA approval - both gel systems!

I recommend you hold off on your Vision until either the current issues with the IgG cards gets resolved! Almost all our patients require editing of the antibody cell screen results on the Vision due to weak false positive reactions. The camera is very sensitive and picks up the small clumps near the bottom the reaction wells. Consider looking at the Biorad analyzer (just received FDA approval) and the Grifols is pending FDA approval - both gel systems!

I recommend you hold off on your Vision until either the current issues with the IgG cards gets resolved! Almost all our patients require editing of the antibody cell screen results on the Vision due to weak false positive reactions. The camera is very sensitive and picks up the small clumps near the bottom the reaction wells. Consider looking at the Biorad analyzer (just received FDA approval) and the Grifols is pending FDA approval - both gel systems!

We have had the Ortho Vision installed in May and went live in September. We have had nothing but problems with ? results for the IgG cards since install. We have used different lots and can see the small "dots" or "wisps" near the bottom. The camera amplifies this and visually the cards are negative. If you over-read using an optical aid, you can detect what the camera is picking up. No resolution from support after numerous complaints. Also, since QC wouldn't pass, including previously negative patients, your only solution is installing the software upgrade. This allowed us to edit QC results just to pass QC. We should have kept the Provue made by Grifols !