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Silly question...,but I'd really like to know,what is the difference in choosing between human and monoclonal reagents for ABO/D testing? Is it a first choice from these two?Is it the price? I work with Bio-Rad reagents and I know they have cards with human reagents but also identical cards with monoclonal reagents.Our lab use only monoclonal ones.
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We are in the process of choosing new Coag. analyzers and have narrowed it down to IL and Siemens. I was hoping to get opinions on the liquid protime reagent for the Top 350s that IL says is available. Also how is their Heparin Xa reagent. We have a CA1500 now and would change to the CA2500 but I have been having some QC issues lately but my instrument is only 12 years old.
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Hi everyone, I just received a notification from Ortho about recently transfused patients and interpretation guide. "Following centrifugation of a freshly collected patient sample drawn from a recently transfused patient, the potential exists for the donor's transfused red cells, which are denser and heavier, to concentrate at the bottom of the sample tube in a layer below the patient's own red cells, which are less dense and lighter. If the cell suspension used for testing contains a majority of transfused donor cells, unexpected patient results could be observed due to the patient cells b
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Greetings, We use the Ortho Confidence system to QC our wet reagents. I have been alerted that there will be a delay in the next lot number shipment due to the (US) government shutdown. The current lot that we are using expires 10/29/2013 and the new lot # is set to ship on 10/30/2013. My question is, can I use patient samples that have established values for QC testing for the couple of days that I am without unexpired QC material? If so, how many examples of a particular value do I have to have in order for it to be a valid QC evaluation? For instance, if I want to use a group A patient to
