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Blood Typing
PCA and PCA-96 cell analysis systems perform blood typing and compatibility
March 22nd, 2004
New data published in the journal Transfusion shows that the Guava PCA and PCA-96 cell analysis systems can perform blood typing and compatibility testing with great accuracy and sensitivity in the research setting. Scientists at the Emory University School of Medicine demonstrated that blood typing results obtained using either of the Guava PCA systems was of comparable or greater accuracy than that obtained by the currently used Ortho Clinical Diagnostics ID-Micro Typing System. "Our findings support the feasibility of using Guava's microcapillary cytometry technology as the basis for a fully automated system that offers great accuracy,...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2004-03-22)
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