Recent Blog Posts
Why is blood grouping important?
11 November 2019
With 9 clinically significant blood group system types found in humans, giving the correct blood to a patient during a transfusion is vitally important. This means making sure that the donor’s b…
How do Blood Dispensers work and what are the benefits?
27 August 2019
Working with blood samples can be an unpredictable and messy affair, with technicians needing to be incredibly careful to avoid any contamination of blood samples from airborne or bloodborne pathogens…
Salmonella Detection & Identification
14 June 2019
Salmonella is one of the most well-known causes of food poisoning, most commonly associated with eggs. However, salmonella bacteria can come from a variety of places, and although in most cases the in…
Lectins in Laboratories: An Overview
16 May 2019
Blood grouping reagents are solutions that are used to determine blood type. The 4 ABO blood types are determined by whether certain antigens are present on the surface of the red blood cells, and whe…
Discovering Barcode Blood Bands
5 April 2019
Ensuring that a patient always receives the accurate blood product is a very difficult process and needs to be error-free. To ensure the patient's safety, hospitals around the world have been usin…