jmatt Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Has anyone had any experience with Biotest Seraclone antisera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trek Tech Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I have not used Biotest. I have used some Monoclonal antisera from Hemobiosciences(formerly Albabioscience). They are wonderful. I have purchased the Anti-E and anti-c. Their prices are great. Plus their reagents are all 1 drop, 1 phase reading. I will be buying my blood grouping and Rh antisera from them as soon as my inventory from Ortho is gone.Here is a recent ad I received from them and some contact info: Geoff HanniganDir .Sales & Marketing Hemo Bioscience Inc801 Capitola Drive Suite 9Durham, NC. 27713T 919-313-2888F 919-313- 2894g.hannigan@hemobioscience.com www.hemobioscience.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kslaforce Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 We just started using Biotest anti-sera for our tube testing. It works just fine and is less expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcharapata Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 We've done some work comparing Biotest antisera vs. Ortho and Immucor reagents. Most of them are comparable. Their anti-e seemed to react better than Ortho, but the same as Immucor (same clones). What is attractive about it is that it is only 5 min incubation (like Ortho) as opposed to 15 minute (like Immucor). Anti-S was attractive from the perspective that their monoclonal anti-S is 5 min incubate, spin and read (no AHG). All pricing information I got from BioTest is consistent or a little better than Ortho/Immucor. It is our plan to switch all Rh reagents to BioTest, Anti-S, and perhaps also Kell's and Kidd's if I can work with them to get the pricing right.The techs did not like their Anti-M and Anti-N as it is 30 min RT incubation, then read (no centrifugation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaMan369 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 We have been using the Biotest reagent for approximately 4 months. We have not had any issues. We are currently using Biotest for ABO, Rh, Reverse Cells, Screening Cells, Modified LISS, AHG, Coombs Cells, and their available antisera. All have compared well with our previous reagent vendors. And the tube results correlate well with the TANGO results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassai13 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Hello,in our lab we using Biotest Seraclone reagents and they are great. We also using Millipore reagents (monoclonal), they are also simple to use and you have results in 5 - 15 minutes. Have a beautiful day on the last day of this year and all the best to all!Sassa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgruber Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Hi,There are many new Biotest users across the country now. Biotest has been a blood bank company for over 60 years and was the first in the world to have a commercially available Anti-D. 13 of the 20 monoclonals are new clones to the U.S. If you let me know what state your in I would be happy to see if I can send you a reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Hi,There are many new Biotest users across the country now. Biotest has been a blood bank company for over 60 years and was the first in the world to have a commercially available Anti-D. 13 of the 20 monoclonals are new clones to the U.S. If you let me know what state your in I would be happy to see if I can send you a reference.Hello,I think it's great to help potential customers out, I'd like to ask that you please contact each other through email or the private message system. I do not want advertising in the forums, and appreciate your understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwatson Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I have recently recieved and compared our currently used antisera with the biotest line. So far they have comparable and the price is right too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trek Tech Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Is anyone using Biotest's ABO+Rh Seraclone Control with all of their typings? Their insert states "A negative control should be performed on samples tesitng positive with Anti-A, Anti-B and Anti-D."The thought of going back to having to run a control with every typing...units and patients makes me crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaMan369 Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 To satisfy the statement, "A negative control should be performed on samples testing positive with Anti-A, Anti-B and Anti-D", we simply run a tube containing albumin as negative control for all AB Positive patients. Actually, we were doing this same control tube with our previous vendor, who did not state the need to process the extra control. I guess we are trying to weed out any patients with non-specific agglutination (cold).This has not been a big hassle since we process 95% of our workload on the Tango. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtsbbtalk Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Hi,I'm the Technical Services Manager at Biotest in the US.The intent of the statement in the product insert is not to have you test every sample with the control. It's intended that if you have an ABPOS interpretation (positive with Anti-A, Anti-B AND Anti-D) that you would test with the control.This is done because you have no negative reaction and therefore the agglutination in all tubes could be caused by something other than a reaction with the antisera - i.e. a positive DAT, cold agglutinin etc.IF we can help you with any other questions, please contact our tech support line at 800.522.0090 and dial 3. You will be directed to a Biotest employee who is a blood banker familiar with our products and their intended use.I hope this information turns your frown into a smile!Joy Thomsen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeachBB Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 maybe not every typing.............just on those that forward as AB positive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel Adams Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Does anyone have recent experience using Biotest's anti-S? How does it compare with Immucor and Ortho's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMcCord Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I haven't played with the anti-big S, but the Biotest anti-little s is working very well for me. Nice strong reactions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Eye Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 same here. We use anti-s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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