Determination of a Sample-to-Cutoff Ratio to Predict True-Positivity in Blood Donor Samples Screened for Syphilis by a Chemiluminescent Immunoassay

Akcakanat, I.; Özbek, ÖZGEN; Doğan, YAVUZ; Abacioglu, Yusuf

doi:10.30621/jbachs.2018.277

Determination of a Sample-to-Cutoff Ratio to Predict True-Positivity in Blood Donor Samples Screened for Syphilis by a Chemiluminescent Immunoassay

Akcakanat I. E., Özbek Ö. A., Doğan Y., Abacioglu Y. H.

JOURNAL OF BASIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH SCIENCES, cilt.2, sa.1, ss.1-6, 2018 (Hakemli Dergi)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 2 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2018
Doi Numarası: 10.30621/jbachs.2018.277
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BASIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH SCIENCES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-6
Anahtar Kelimeler: Syphilis, architect syphilis, transfusion-transmitted disease, reverse sequence
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose: The use of Architect Syphilis TP (CMIA) in the blood bank raised the number of syphilis positive samples requiring confirmation. The aim of this study is to determine a sample-to-cutoff (s/co) ratio for CMIA predicting >= 95% of true-positive samples to reduce these samples.