Automated Reagin Test for Syphilis in a Multichannel Blood Grouping Machine
- 1 July 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 56 (1) , 43-49
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/56.1.43
Abstract
The automated reagin test for syphilis, with properly controlled performance, is a reliable screening procedure and can be adapted to a multichannel AutoAnalyzer blood grouping machine with satisfactory sensitivity and specificity. Overall agreement between the single-channel and multichannel methods was 97.9% on 698 specimens tested. With modifications in the decant system in the multichannel automated continuous-flow system there is an increase in sensitivity, with specificity equal to or greater than that of the manual VDRL slide test.Keywords
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