Medicinal
Technologies -
Reagent kit for hemoglobin E Screening
Introduction
The KKU-DCIP Clear reagent kit is
an innovative product released from a Thai company.
The kit applied the characteristic of hemoglobin E that
is oxidatively untable so that it can be made precipitate
when react with some certain oxidizing agent. This precipitated
hemoglobin E can then be simple observed by naked eyes.
The detection of hemoglobin E is therefore simple and
rapid. The kit is ready to use and no additional preparation
of reagent is required. With its simple protocol, the
screening test can be performed by an un-experience
person. The screening process is finished within 15
minutes at 37 degrees C with only one deop of peripheral
blood. The reagent is stable at 4 degrees C over a long
period. With this product, the sensitivity and specificity
of screening are usually at least 95 per cent.
Area of Application:
This reagent kit is designed for
use in a large population screening of hemoglobin E
which is an important step in prevention and control
of thalasemia in endemic regions especially among Asian
countries. in addition, using with standard methods
in routine hematologic work at the hospital, it can
significantly reduce number of cases requiring further
investigation with other labor intensive and expensive
methods. The test is simple enough so that those of
personel at the community health care center could perform
it with acceptable result.
Contact:
Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer
of Technology
APCTT Building
C-2 Qutab Institutional Area
P.O.Box - 4575
New Delhi - 110 016
Tel : 91-11-26966509
Fax : 91-11-26856274
