title: An experience of the introduction of a blood bank automation system (Ortho AutoVue Innova) in a regional acute hospital.
abstract: This paper reports on an evaluation of the introduction of a blood bank automation system (Ortho AutoVue(®) Innova) in a hospital blood bank by considering the performance and workflow as compared with manual methods. The turnaround time was found to be 45% faster than the manual method. The concordance rate was found to be 100% for both ABO/Rh(D) typing and antibody screening in both of the systems and there was no significant difference in detection sensitivity for clinically significant antibodies. The Ortho AutoVue(®) Innova automated blood banking system streamlined the routine pre-transfusion testing in hospital blood bank with high throughput, equivalent sensitivity and reliability as compared with conventional manual method.
authors: Blood Bank, Clinical Pathology Department, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong.
authors: Yuk Wah
authors: YW
authors: Cheng
authors: School of Biomedical sciences, Charles Stuirt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia. Electronic address: jwilkinson@csu.edu.au.
authors: Jenny M
authors: JM
authors: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001331:Automation; D000094902:Blood Banking / Q000379:methods*; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
keywords: Blood bank automation; Hospital blood bank; Ortho AutoVue(®) Innova; Type & screen