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ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Medical University of South Carolina
Very efficient instrument
Application Area: performing types and screens
"Overall instrument is very effective with the amount of samples we run here at our lab. A few problems we see is that the strips are not being read all the time when put on the instrument. Either have to put new ones on or wipe off ones using. Camera seems to be a very sensitive when reading wells."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: WHGH
Great for smaller volume testing
Application Area:transfusion medicine
"Easy to use, but do miss the better detailed antigrams. Immucor doesn't titrate antigen strength when creating their panels. Changes the thought process when doing eliminations. Otherwise, ECHO is a good instrument. Great for small through-put labs, definitely a "walk away" instrument."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Medical University of South Carolina
Very user friendly
Application Area:Blood samles
"Instrument is very easy to use and maintenance is very simple. Do have problems with false positive results on ABSC"
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2018
Organization: Palms of Pasadena Hospital
Can't do without this instrument with our lean staffing.
Application Area:Hospital laboratory
"This instrument has brought dependable automation to a field that has traditionally been labor intensive with manual testing. Echo is rarely down, reliable with adequate output for a small to medium size laboratory. "
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2018
Organization: Hackensack University Medical Center
Very good analyzer!
Application Area:ABORH Types and Antibody Screens
"This product is easy to use, and if any problems arise tech support is available to help. Most problems encountered are rare and can be resolved by the user. Results are accurate."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: Mount Sinai Hospital
Not a very good instrument.
Application Area:Analyze blood group and screen
"The instrument gave lots of equivocal results and when repeated using another technology gave a negative results. When having equivocal results it cost money and technologist time."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2013
Organization: University of Alaska Anchorage
Application Area:blood group typing and antibody screens
"At our facility the Galileo ECHO does not automatically connect with the laboratory system, so first we must enter the patient information manually which can be time consuming and prone to error during busy times. I am thankful that the system prompts you to enter the information twice in order to try and reduce clerical error. Overall, I really like using the Galileo ECHO analyzer, we use the analyzer to do routine blood group good typing, although our current policy took out the use of week D testing. We also use the analyzer for antibody screening, and identification. I like that we can use additional select cells, since this adds to cells that can be used to rule out antibodies before the need to manually use select cells. And definitely decreases the amount of time to identify complex antibodies."
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ReviewerMember since: 2012
Organization: Novartis International AG
"This is a very reliable machine that I saw in our clinical rotation site in MD Anderson. However, I still dedicate personnel to stand by in case of any artefact blocking the photo-taking beam. The user interface is self-explanatory. I would definitely recommend using this machine anyway."
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ReviewerMember since: 2011
Organization: Royal United Hospital, Bath
"Automated crossmatching saves time in the lab. 20-30 minutes daily maintenance. 15 panel antibody screen can be very useful."