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Tab. 1 Storage and Stability<br />
Material/reagent State Storage Stability •<br />
Enzygnost * <strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>HBs</strong> <strong>II</strong> (Test plate) once opened +2 to +8 °C 4 weeks<br />
in the bag<br />
with the desiccant<br />
<strong>HBs</strong>Ag/POD Conjugate (anti-<strong>HBs</strong> <strong>II</strong>) once opened +2 to +8 °C 4 weeks<br />
<strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>HBs</strong> Serum 100 once opened +2 to +8 °C 4 weeks<br />
<strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>HBs</strong> Serum, negative < -20° C 3 months<br />
Chromogen TMB once opened +2 to +8 °C expiry date<br />
Buffer/Substrate TMB once opened +2 to +8 °C expiry date<br />
Working Chromogen Solution diluted +2 to +8 °C 5 days<br />
1 + 10 +15 to +25 °C 8 hours<br />
in closed container<br />
protected from light<br />
Washing Solution POD (concentrate) once opened +2 to +8 °C expiry date<br />
diluted 1:20 +2 to +8 °C 1 week<br />
diluted 1:20 +18 to +25 °C 1 day<br />
Stopping Solution POD once opened +2 to +8 °C expiry date<br />
• use each component by the expiry date at the latest<br />
Tab. 2 Sensitivity<br />
The sensitivity studies, run at different sample panels, yielded the following data:<br />
Sample population Number Enzygnost * <strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>HBs</strong> <strong>II</strong><br />
of samples<br />
reactive<br />
<strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>HBs</strong> positive (Germany) 106 106<br />
<strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>HBs</strong> positive (America) 52 52<br />
Follow-up samples 25 25<br />
<strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>HBs</strong> positive 100 100<br />
Different stages of HBV infection 41 41<br />
HBV vaccinees 111 111<br />
anti-<strong>HBs</strong> positive 80 80<br />
vaccination profiles 32 profiles Sensitivity equivalent<br />
seroconversion 9 profiles to that of<br />
comparable tests<br />
Tab. 3 Specificity<br />
The specificity studies, run with samples from different blood banks, yielded the following data:<br />
Sample population Number Enzygnost * <strong>Anti</strong>-<strong>HBs</strong> <strong>II</strong><br />
of samples<br />
reactive<br />
Normal negative sera 2296 11<br />
Normal negative plasmas 646 2<br />
Normal negative sera 1508 5<br />
Normal negative plasmas 286 1<br />
OQNE G11 C0541 (906) H/R 10