Blood Grouping Reagents

The continued supply of ready-to-use reagents is critical for safe blood transfusion and now products manufactured by our partners, Alba Bioscience Limited, have FDA clearence for sale into the US market, an endorsement of the quality of the products:

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ALBAcheck^® -BGS Control Reagents	ALBAcheck^® -BGS High Titre Controls Kit	ALBAclone®^®Monoclonal ABO Antisera
ALBAclone^® Monoclonal RhD Antisera	ALBAclone^® Rare Monoclonal Antisera	ALBAclone^® Advanced Partial RHD Typing Kit
ALBAcyte^® Reagent Red Cells	ALBAsera^® Polyclonal Antisera	Anti-Human Globulin
Proficiency Test	Quant-Rho^® FITC anti-D	Sensitivity Controls
Solutions, Lectins, Enzymes & Enhancement Media	Whole Blood Control	Whole Blood - SP Control

ALBAcheck^® - BGS Control Reagents

Whole blood control:

Intended for use as ABO & RhD controls for automated blood grouping systems:

Ready-to-use formulation
Supplied in 6ml vial size
Manufactured on a 4 weekly cycle - subscription
Suitable for antibody screening controls


Vial No.	Grouping	Antibodies
A	A Negative	Anti-B, Anti-D
B	O Positive, R, r	Anti-A, Anti-B
C	B Positive	Anti-A, Anti-Kell
D	AB Positive

**Whole Blood Control**
Product Code	Description	Pack Size	Price	Add to Cart
Z493	ALBAcheck-BGS Whole Blood Control	4 x 6ml	£105.56

Whole Blood - SP Control:

The UKBTS has specific guidelines on the control of automated blood grouping instruments to ensure that there is no possibility of an error that could result in a transfusion reaction. The accuracy of ABO and RhD typing can be comprehensively challenged with a new 4-vial format of Whole Blood Controls from Alba Bioscience. This control material has been specifically designed to work on Immucor Galileo & Echo instruments and conforms to the UKBTS guidelines on the control of automated blood grouping on instruments

The controls come in a consistent presentation format of 4-vials of the following composition:

	Grouping	Antibodies
Vial 1	Group A R1R1 K Pos	Anti-B
Vial 2	Group B R1R2 K Neg	Anti-A & anti-K
Vial 3	Group O Pos R1R2 K Neg	Anti-A+B
Vial 4	Group AB rr K Neg	Anti-D

Control Reagent:

A range of control reagents which enables the user to validate and control testing on an individual or batch basis.

**Control Reagents**
Product Code	Description	Pack Size	Price
Z251	Anti-D 0.3u/ml	10 x 10ml	£173.99
Z256	Enzyme Control	10 x 10ml	£206.88
Z257	ALBAcheck-BGS High Titre Controls Kit	4 x 6ml	£132.61
Z261	Anti-D Controls Kit 0.1, 0.05, 0.025 i.u/ml Anti-D	3 x 5ml	£47.74
Z262	Anti-D Control 0.1 i.u/ml Anti-D	3 x 5ml	£47.74
Z263	Anti-D Control 0.05 i.u/ml Anti-D	3 x 5ml	£47.74
Z264*	Anti-D Controls 0.025 i.u/ml Anti-D	5ml	£21.22
Z271	Reagent Control for Anti-D (Use with Z031, Z036, Z039, Z041)	10 x 10ml	£84.87
Z281	AB Serum (Human)	10 x 5ml	£228.09

*minimum order required please enquire

Sensitivity Controls:

Specially formulated weak sensitivity controls, designed to stress testing platforms

Validated for use in column technologies
Derived from a pool of donations
Polyclonal material which presents as a normal weak sample
Four specificities demonstrate ability to detect a range of weak antibodies
Products can also be used for staff training

**Sensitivity Controls**
Product Code	Description	Pack Size	Price
Z252	ALBAcheck-BGS Anti-c (weak)	3 x 5ml	£38.19
Z253	ALBAcheck-BGS Anti Fya (weak)	3 x 5ml	£38.19
Z254	ALBAcheck-BGS Anti-K (weak)	3 x 5ml	£46.68
Z255	ALBAcheck-BGS Anti-E (weak)	3 x 5ml	£67.90

Proficiency Test:

Intended for use as an internal, self assessment QA scheme. It assesses the ability of an individual and/or the capability of a method for detecting weak antibodies.

Kit constist of:

20 randomly selected serum samples
Disk allowing immediate access to results
Results also available 'on-line' - please enquire
Ready-to-use, store at 2-8C
Closed-vial-stability: 1 year
Validated for use in column technology and tube systems
Product can also be used for staff training

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ALBAcheck^® - BGS High Titre Controls Kit

Blood transfusions For use in the control of high titre anti-A and anti-B testing of blood donations. The kit provides a positive and negative control, which should be tested in the same way as the donation test samples.

In accordance with the Guidelines for Blood Transfusion Services in the United Kingdom (7th edition), the positive control has a potency of greater than 1/128 and the negative control less than 1/128

**ALBAcheck^® - BGS High Titre Controls Kit**
Product Code.	Description	Pack Size	Price	Add to Cart
Z257	ALBAcheck-BGS High Titre Controls Kt	4 x 6ml	£132.61

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ALBAclone^® Monoclonal ABO Antisera

A wide range of extensively tested monoclonal ABO grouping antisera

Monoclonal antibodies exhibit high degrees of potency, avidity and specificity
Anti-A reagent is dyed blue
Anti-B reagent is dyed yellow
Manufactured and standardised in accordance with UKBTS Guidelines

Tube, Slide:

Reagent dropper bottles deliver approximately 40µl

**ALBAclone^® Monoclonal ABO Antisera**
Product Code	Description & Specificity	Cell Line	Pack Size	Comments	Price
Z001	Anti-A	LA2	10 x 10ml		£54.64
Z011	Anti-B	LB2	10 x 10ml	Does not detect Acquired B	£54.64
Z021	Anti-A,B	LA2, LB2, ES15	10 x 10ml	Detects A_x Cells	£54.64

Microplate (ready-for-use):

ALBAclone Monoclonal ABO Antisera

Validated for use on Diamed, Zenyx and IBG Microplate systems
Formulated to minimise problems of monolayering
Formulated and tested to equivalence of the tube/slide antisera
Z004 and Z024 are tested against weak subgroups of A

**Microplate**
Product Code	Description & Specificity	Cell Line	Pack Size	Comments	Price
Z004	Anti-A	LA2	10 x 30ml		£122.00
Z014	Anti-B	LB2	10 x 30ml	Does not detect Acquired B	£122.00
Z024	Anti-A,B	LA2, LB2, ES15	10 x 30ml	Detects A_x Cells	£122.00

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ALBAclone^® Monoclonal ABO Antisera

Tube, Slide:

Manufactured and standardised in accordance with UKBTS Guidelines
Slide tests are not recommended for detection of weak and partial RhD types
Recommendations based on UKBTS Guidelines for Compatibility Procedures in Blood Transfusion Laboratories are available
Reagent control available

**ALBAclone® Monoclonal RhD Antisera**
Product Code	Description & Specificity	Cell Line	Pack Size	Comments	Price
Z031	Anti-D alpha (IgM)	LDM1	10 x 10ml	Does not detect DVI	£98.14
Z036	Anti-D beta (IgM)	LDM3	10 x 10ml	Does not detect DVI	£98.14
Z039	Anti-D optimum (IgM/IgM)	LDM1/ESD1M	10 x 10ml	Detects most RhD variants by direct tests	£169.74
Z041	Anti-D blend (IgM/IgG)	LDM3/ESD1	10 x 10ml	Detects DVI bu IAGT only	£127.31
Z271	Reagent Control for Anti-D	Not applicable	10 x 10ml	For use with Z031, Z036, Z039, Z041	£84.87

Microplate (ready-to-use)

Validated for use on Diamed, Zenyx and IBG Microplate systems
Formulated to minimise problems of monolayering
Formulated and tested to equivalence of the tube/slide antisera
Recommendations based on UKBTS Guidelines for Compatibility Procedures in

Blood Transfusion Laboratories are available

**ALBAclone® Monoclonal RhD Antisera**
Product Code	Description & Specificity	Cell Line	Pack Size	Comments	Price	Add to Cart
Z034	Anti-D alpha (IgM)	LDM1	10 x 30ml	Does not detect DVI	£190.96
Z037	Anti-D beta (IgM)	LDM3	10 x 30ml	Does not detect DVI	£190.96

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Specialist Blood Grouping Reagents - ALBAclone® Rare Monoclonal Antisera

Rare Monoclonal

Manufactured and standardised in accordance with UK BTS Guidelines
Formulated to give clear and consistent results by conventional blood grouping techniques
IgM antibody unless indicated
Range includes 'hard-to-locate' sera including Anti-K and Anti-Lu^b

**ALBAclone® Rare Monoclonal Antisera**
Product Code	Description	Cell Line	Pack Size	Price
Z063	Anti-C	P3X2551 3G8	3 x 5ml	£148.53
Z073	Anti-E	DEM1	3 x 5ml	£100.79
Z083	Anti-c	H48	3 x 5ml	£100.79
Z094	Anti-e	MS-16, MS-21, MS-63	3 x 5ml	£148.53
Z113	Anti-CDE	DCM1, LDM1, DEM1	3 x 10ml	£143.22
Z137	Anti-k	LK1	2ml	£57.29
Z176	Anti-N	LN3	5ml	£40.31
Z182	Anti-S	P3S13JS123 (IgG)	2ml	£122.00
Z202	Anti-P	650	5ml	£143.22
Z212	Anti-Le^a	LEA2	5ml	£65.78
Z217	Anti-Le^b	LEB2	5ml	£65.78
Z223	Anti-Lu^b	LU2	2ml	£65.78
Z244	Anti-H	LH1	2ml	£105.03

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Specialist Blood Grouping Reagents - ALBAsera® Polyclonal Reagents

A range of conventional blood grouping sera. Alba Bioscience

For use by IAGT unless otherwise stated
Polyclonal antisera derived from donations of human antiserum
Majority of antiserum exclusive to this range

**ALBAsera® Polyclonal Reagents**
Product Code	Description & Specificity	Method of Use	Pack Size	Price
Z102	Anti-C^w - indirect	Enzyme addition	5ml	£132.61
Z131	Anti-K - indirect	IAGT	3 x 5ml	£95.48
Z139	AntiKp^a - indirect	IAGT	2ml	£88.05
Z151	Anti-Fy^a - indirect	IAGT	3 x 5ml	£111.39
Z153	Anti-Fy^b - indirect	IAGT	2ml	£105.03
Z162	Anti-Jk^a-indirect	IAGT	2ml	£103.97
Z165	Anti-Jk^b - indirect	IAGT	2ml	£90.18
Z186	Anti-s - indirect	IAGT	2ml	£101.85
Z191	Anti-V^w - indirect	IAGT	2ml	£283.80
Z221	Anti-Lu^a - indirect	IAGT	2ml	£132.61
Z231	Anti-Wr^a - indirect	IAGT	2ml	£111.39

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Anti-Human Globulin

Polyspecific Anti-Human Globulin Reagent

Prepared from a blend of rabbit antibodies to human IgG and a murine monoclonal antibody to C3 (3G8)
Formulated for optimum detection of IgG and complement binding blood group antibodies
Can be used for both direct and indirect antiglobulin tests (NIS, LIS)
Reagent is dyed green

Monospecific Anti-Human IgG

Prepared from a blend of rabbit antibodies to human IgG for both direct and indirect antiglobulin tests (NIS, LIS)
Formulated for optimum detection of IgG for both direct and indirect antiglobulin tests (NIS, LIS)

Anti-Human C3

Prepared from a murine monoclonal antibody to C3 (Class IgG)
Formulated for optimum detection of C3b and/or C3d components of complement on the surface of red blood cells
Can be used for both direct and indirect antiglobulin tests (NIS, LIS)
Cell Line 3G8

**Anti-Human Globulin**
Product Code	Description	Pack Size	Price
Z350	Polyspecific AHG	10 x 10ml	£79.57
Z356	Monospecific Anti-Human IgG	3 x 10ml	£34.48
Z360	Anti-Human C3	1 x 3ml	£12.73

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Solutions, Lectins, Enzymes and Enhancement Media

**Solutions, Lectins, Enzymes and Enhancement Media**
Product Code	Description	Pack Size	Price
Z241	Anti-A₁	3 x 5ml	£37.13
Z256	Enzyme Control	10 x 10ml	£206.88
Z305	BSA 22%	10 x 10ml	£100.79
Z311	0.5% Bromelin (Frozen)	10 x 5ml	£190.96
Z316	1% Papain (Frozen)	10 x 5ml	£190.96
Z332	Phosphate Buffer Concentrate	10 x 25ml	£153.83
Z335	LISS	1 Litre	£40.31
Z337	Modified Alsevers Solution	2 Litre	£97.60
Z338	Modified Alsevers Solution + ATP	1 Litre	£84.87

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Blood Grouping Reagents

ALBAcheck® - BGS Control Reagents

Whole blood control:

Whole Blood - SP Control:

Control Reagent:

Sensitivity Controls:

Proficiency Test:

ALBAcheck® - BGS High Titre Controls Kit

ALBAclone® Monoclonal ABO Antisera

Tube, Slide:

Microplate (ready-for-use):

ALBAclone® Monoclonal ABO Antisera

Tube, Slide:

Microplate (ready-to-use)

Specialist Blood Grouping Reagents - ALBAclone® Rare Monoclonal Antisera

Specialist Blood Grouping Reagents - ALBAsera® Polyclonal Reagents

Anti-Human Globulin

Polyspecific Anti-Human Globulin Reagent

Monospecific Anti-Human IgG

Anti-Human C3

Solutions, Lectins, Enzymes and Enhancement Media

ALBAcheck^® - BGS Control Reagents

ALBAcheck^® - BGS High Titre Controls Kit

ALBAclone^® Monoclonal ABO Antisera

ALBAclone^® Monoclonal ABO Antisera