Ortho BioVue

[tamam]

Hi every body

we currently use ortho cassettes

we use them recently

my question is how can i evaluate these new cassettes ????

because i feel that there` is some problems with it ???

[khalidm3]

I need to evaluate DiaMed Gel cards and Tango strips/reagents and cells, but can not find the guidance, no one replied my posts, Please if some can help!!!!!!

[David Saikin]

What are you evaluating? Are you doing comparison studies? More info please

[khalidm3]

Thanks David

We evaluate all our reagents, when we receive a new shipment/new lot, not comparison, Check potency/specificity/avidity of manual anti sera.

So how to handle DiaMed Gel Cards and BioTest Tango reagents?

[David Saikin]

When I put new reagents into use, I run my QC . . . if they work as anticipated, they are ready to go. I do no special "extra" testing on any reagent, whether it is antisera or cells.

[tamam]

i need to evaluate the gel cards itself not the reagent

i need guidance steps to do that

please can any one help????

[khalidm3]

Thanks David

Routine QC, we run at each bench daily and we may start at each shift. What about potency/Titre of Anti sera, all reagents may deteriorate during shipment and storage if there is a little negligence whereas all our supplies are from overseas.

[L106]

khalidm3 -

We do what David described.

Do you have some agency requirement that you check the potency/Titre of the antisera, or is that simply a policy for your own facility? Assuming that you have done those checks for several years, what have you found in the past? Do many of your reagents fail the potency/Titre checks that you do? (And what do you do if/when they fail?)

Donna

[khalidm3]

It is required by the MOH, to validate all lots, Our central stores do not issue any reagent till it is evaluated. My centre is the evaluating centre for this area.

Years ago Anti c anti sera, failed, the titre proved less than 2, even with double dosage. The manufacturer (a Canadian firm) took back the shipment. Sometimes we rejected substandard disposables too (local firms). We rejected pricing pens to be used for multiple patients/donors. Long long ago we rejected a Glucose metre, whose results were substandard (US firm-at that time I was not in BB). Might be some more examples also