Stability of murine monoclonal anti-A, anti-B and anti-A,B ABO grouping reagents and a multi-centre evaluation of their performance in routine use.
We have previously reported the production of 3 murine monoclonal reagents for ABO typing (designated ES-9, ES-4 and ES-15). This study presents results of tests of stability of these 3 reagents, together with a fourth murine monoclonal antibody (LM103/107). In addition, data are also presented from a multi-centre evaluation of the performance of the murine monoclonal reagents in routine ABO typing of both donors and patients using a wide variety of techniques, both manual and automated. The potency and stability of the 4 monoclonal antibody based reagents is compared with a broad selection of monoclonal and polyclonal ABO typing reagents. The reagents used for comparison were produced by European and United States manufacturers in both the public and private sector and are widely used in routine ABO typing. The Scottish monoclonal reagents have been used successfully to ABO type over 500,000 blood samples in 7 centres within the UK, with no discrepant results.
McGowan
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A
Edinburgh and South East Scotland Blood Transfusion Service, Regional Centre, Royal Infirmary, UK.
Tod
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A
Chirnside
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A
Green
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C
McColl
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K
Moore
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S
Yap
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PL
McClelland
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DB
McCann
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MC
Micklem
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D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004355:Drug Stability; D004356:Drug Storage; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D051379:Mice; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007202:Indicators and Reagents