The use of a square array scheme in blood testing.
When testing blood samples for the presence of disease, considerable efficiencies may be achieved by pooling samples and testing them as a batch. It is shown that placing the samples in a square array and pooling rows and columns has substantial advantages, particularly in the reduction of false negatives. The commonly used 8 x 12 array is also considered.
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
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D004526:Efficiency; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006403:Hematologic Tests / Q000379:methods; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011336:Probability