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ArticleAnnals of laboratory medicine2025

ABO Antibody Titer Testing Harmonization in Korea: A 5-Year Analysis of External Quality Control Data.

Han Joo Kim, Yousun Chung, Sang-Hyun Hwang, Heung-Bum Oh, Hyungsuk Kim, Dae-Hyun Ko

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Article in Annals of laboratory medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Han Joo KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0088-0488
Yousun ChungDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5197-6340
Sang-Hyun HwangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3201-5728
Heung-Bum OhDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6728-4640
Hyungsuk KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0574-9200
Dae-Hyun KoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9781-0928

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current ABO titration methods lack standardization and harmonization. We analyzed the consistency of ABO antibody titer testing among Korean laboratories and discussed future directions for standardization by analyzing external quality control data collected by the Korean Association of External Quality Assessment Service over 5 yrs (2019-2023). The analysis included the number of participating institutions and methods, as well as the proportion of acceptable results. To compare column agglutination technology (CAT) and tube methods, we created a normalized variable: ([log

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ABO Blood-Group SystemAntibodiesAgglutination TestsBlood Grouping and CrossmatchingHumansQuality ControlRepublic of KoreaABO Blood-Group SystemAntibodiesABO antibody titer testingABO titrationExternal Quality ControlStandardization

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PMID40170582
PMCPMC11996683

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