[PDF] Top 20 Evaluation of the TEG® platelet mapping™ assay in blood donors

... ration, Niles, Illinois, US) relies on evaluation of clot strength to enable a quantitative analysis of platelet func- tion. The maximal haemostatic activity is measured by a kaolin activated whole ... See full document

... of blood donors have HCV in central region of Saudi ...among blood donors in Al-Ahsa region is ...seronegative blood donors ... See full document

... of blood transfusion in the developing world and a major cause of transfusion associated ...eruption. Donors at any stage of disease, including late, latent syphilis, can transmit the infection (2) ... See full document

... immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method ...immunoblotting assay (RIBA) [10], western blot (WB) [1, 9,11-13] and recently polymerase chain reaction (PCR) should be used to verify viral infection ... See full document

... On comparing the RPR titer with other treponemal tests performed, it was found that titer >16 gave the good prediction of positive treponemal tests. Other studies have also shown correlation of RPR or VDRL titre with ... See full document

... crossmatch-selected platelet to increase the platelet count in patients with hypoproliferative thrombocytopenia who are refractory to platelet transfusions and have HLA/HPA antibodies has been given ... See full document

... comparative evaluation of Nigerian patients by ...venous blood from of one thousand two hundred and thirty (1,230) subjects, we reported Relative neutropenia and lymphocytosis due mainly to lymphocyte ... See full document

... infected blood donors versus HIV-infected clinical cases, assuming blood donors repre- sent more-recent ...any assay, the redesigned HIV Selectest, as a third-generation assay, ... See full document

... potential donors aged older than 30 years ultrasound abdomen is sufficient for screening, whereas in potential donor aged younger than 30 years absence of cyst will not exclude the development of ... See full document

... Results: The blood donors were 47,830 and 45,811 in 2012 and 2013, respectively. The Prevalence of HBV in 2012 was%0. 299 and in 2013 %0. 284; of HCV % 0. 06 in 2012 and % 0.05 in 2013, and the prevalence ... See full document

... Methods: Blood donors were recruited between the 1st of January and 31st of December 2014, and their haemoglobin concentration (Hb) was determined using a ...Rhesus blood groups were determined using ... See full document

... Branched PEI 25k, branched PEI 2k, 3-(4,5-dimethyl- thiazole-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT), agarose, and HEPES were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St Louis, MO). PEI600 (Alfa Aesar, Ward Hill, MA) was used ... See full document

... whole blood was collected from a large-bore ...solution. Blood was processed in the Sorin Xtra cell saver (LivaNova, ...whole blood collection, Vacutainer EDTA tubes, prime flow 100ml/min with manual ... See full document

... Human platelet antigens (HPA) are involved in several clinical conditions, such as neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIt), platelet transfusion purpura (PtP), and refractoriness to platelet ... See full document

... 90 blood donors who attended Singa Hospital blood bank, their age ranged from 20 to 50with mean 35, the most of them belonged 21-30 years were enrolled in this study ... See full document

... of assay specificity and antigen obtainment, molecular techniques, such as gene cloning and expression, and the in vitro synthesis of the corresponding peptides allowed the identification and evalua- tion of a ... See full document

... the blood coagulation, the blood viscoelasticity ...changing blood viscoelasticity in order to study the process of ...the blood can be obtained from coagulation to fibrinolysis by bedside ... See full document

... threat. TEG- MP as a commonly used test would be suf fi ciently pre- cise to identify the patients at highest risk for developing rebleeding; these patients should receive intensive treat- ments such as strict ... See full document

... infected blood donors. This is the first report on HCV genotypes in blood donors in ...103 blood donors with hepatitis C were investigated for HCV ...103 blood ... See full document

... safe blood units is the risk of transfusion-transmissible infections ...in blood donors will provide a mechanism to evaluate the safety of the blood supply and the effectiveness of donor ... See full document