The REA IQC Total Blood Kit from Lorne Laboratories contains four 6ml vials and boasts a suspension HTC level of around 25% to 30%.
The reagents are in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDMD) of human origin.
The use of this internal control enables detection of different irregular and malfunctions caused by the used method, by the used reagent, by the used instrument and by the environment.
The internal control test is based on blood samples with well known, determined phenotypes.
This control is used in the same way as the normal patient blood samples.
The results of this samples testing should match exactly the blood groups phenotype on the vial. The test is based on the principle of haemagglutination.
Additionally, blood shelf life is 49 days from initial donation.
