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Blood grouping with the Olympus PK7100 testing system.

R F Reiss1, V Malavade, C L Johnson

  • 1Greater New York Blood Program, New York Blood Center, New York.

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology
|January 1, 1988
PubMed
Summary

The Olympus PK7100 automated blood typing system demonstrates high throughput and reliability in ABO and RhD typing. While generally accurate, it showed minor discrepancies with specific blood group subtypes and RhD variants.

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Area of Science:

  • Clinical Laboratory Science
  • Transfusion Medicine
  • Medical Device Technology

Background:

  • Accurate blood typing is critical for safe transfusions.
  • Automated systems aim to improve efficiency and reduce human error in blood group serology.
  • The Olympus PK7100 is a microtitre system designed for automated blood typing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the Olympus PK7100 automated blood typing machine.
  • To compare the performance of the Olympus PK7100 against the Groupamatic 360 system.
  • To assess the throughput and operational ease of the Olympus PK7100.

Main Methods:

  • Parallel testing of 20,147 donor samples using the Olympus PK7100 and Groupamatic 360.
  • Automated sample identification, dilution, reagent addition, and photometric agglutination detection.

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  • Analysis of discrepancies in ABO and RhD typing, including specific subtypes like A2B and Du variants.

    • Main Results:

    • The Olympus PK7100 processed 240 samples/h with minimal operator intervention.
    • 207 samples (approx. 1%) could not be ABO typed after two runs; 3 B results were A2B.
    • 77 samples (approx. 0.38%) could not be D typed; 37/48 Du positive samples were typed as Rh positive, 3 as Rh negative, and 8 as 'uncertain' by the Olympus.

    Conclusions:

    • The Olympus PK7100 is accurate and reliable for routine blood typing.
    • The system offers high throughput and ease of operation.
    • Potential for discrepancies with specific blood group variants warrants careful review of results.