Article
The gel test: some problems and solutions.
Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) - 1 Jun 1992
de Figueiredo M, Lima M, Morais S, Porto G, Justiça B
Abstract excerpt
The gel centrifugation test (GT) is a method of transfusion serology, based on the fact that, after centrifugation, unagglutinated red blood cells (RBC) pass easily through a gel, while agglutinated RBC do not. The introduction of the GT to our blood bank transfusion routine [strictly following t...
Topics
- Blood Group Antigens
- Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
- Centrifugation
- Coombs Test
- False Negative Reactions
- False Positive Reactions
- Gels
- Humans
- Isoantibodies
- Phenotype
- Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
- Sensitivity and Specificity