Posted December 30, 200816 yr comment_11137 Has anyone had any experience with Biotest Seraclone antisera?
December 30, 200816 yr comment_11139 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
December 30, 200816 yr comment_11140 We just started using Biotest anti-sera for our tube testing. It works just fine and is less expensive.
December 30, 200816 yr comment_11145 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).
December 30, 200816 yr comment_11146 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.
December 30, 200816 yr comment_11149 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
December 30, 200816 yr comment_11154 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.
December 31, 200816 yr comment_11160 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.
December 31, 200816 yr comment_11164 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!!!
June 19, 200916 yr comment_14626 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!
June 21, 200916 yr comment_14650 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.
June 24, 200916 yr comment_14749 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
June 24, 200916 yr comment_14764 maybe not every typing.............just on those that forward as AB positive
February 6, 201213 yr comment_41812 Does anyone have recent experience using Biotest's anti-S? How does it compare with Immucor and Ortho's?
February 7, 201213 yr comment_41836 I haven't played with the anti-big S, but the Biotest anti-little s is working very well for me. Nice strong reactions.
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