1.2 Precipitation and Agglutination Reactions part 2 Flashcards
Detects unknown antibodies in patirent’s serum using known antigens bound to a particulate
Passive agglutination
What is the unknown in passive agglutination?
Antibodies
Detects unknown antigens in the patient’s serum using known antibodies bound to particulate carrier
Reverse passive agglutination
What is the unknown in reverse passive agglutination?
Antigen
generally used in the blood bank for RBC phenotyping and antibody screening
Anti-human Globulin test / Coomb’s test
The AHG attach to what part of another antibody?
Fc portion
What type of immunoglobulin is AHG?
anti-IgG
Detects in VIVO sensitization of RBC
Direct AHG test
This test is used to detect autoimmune RBC?
Direct AHG test
Detects in Vitro sensitization of RBC
Indirect AHG test
AHG test that is used in cross matching or antibody screening identification
Indirect AHG test
What is the specimen for indirect AHG test?
Patient serum
What is the specimen for direct AHG test?
Patient RBCs
Based on competition between particulate and soluble antigens for limited antibody-combining sites
Agglutination inhibition
This test has Two-step procedure?
Agglutination inhibition