The ScanGel System Shows at least Equal Sensitivity for the Detection of Red Cell Antibodies in Comparison to the ID Micro Typing System

At the beginning of the last decade, the superiority of the gel centrifugation technique (ID Micro Typing System®, DiaMed, Cressier sur Morat, Switzerland) compared to classical tube techniques for the detection of red cell antibodies (rbc-abs) was established [1–3]. Since then, it has become the standard technique in many laboratories, even though modifications [4] and alternative methods [5], also not based on the tube technique, have become available. This method particularly lends itself to automation, because most of the test results can be clearly distinguished into negative or positive by automated reading. Thus, only the very few indeterminate results need to be interpreted visually or repeated [6]. This advantage has The ScanGel System Shows at least Equal Sensitivity for the Detection of Red Cell Antibodies in Comparison to the ID Micro Typing System