Shelf-life 24 months at 5-37 °C • Portable and compact • Blood grouping on location • Result after just 2 minutes • Easy to learn, easy to use • No need for refrigeration and daily controls • Whole blood can be used down to 5 μl • No need for separation of red cells and blood plasma
Knowing your blood type can help you understand your health better; it is also needed for blood donations and important for safe pregnancies. Most critically, it could save your life if you need an emergency blood transfusion. You can learn your blood type in just a couple of minutes using the EldonCard.
Depending on the antigen on the red blood cells the blood type is classified by two elements: The ABO grouping system and the Rhesus (Rh) factor which is either present (Rh positive) or not present (Rh negative). For example, if you have A antigens on your red blood cells, your blood type is A. If someone has both A and B antigens, they are type AB. If you do not have any antigens on the surface of red blood cells, your blood type is O. Receiving blood that’s incompatible with one’s own blood type may trigger a serious immune response that can be fatal.
EldonCard is the most trusted and accurate diagnostic tool for point-of-care (near patient-testing) and home-testing of blood typing of the ABO-, and Rhesus systems. Unlike other devices, once the test is complete, you have the option of preserving the result for your records in a convenient credit card format.
The Eldon Home Kit contains everything you need to test your blood type:
EldonCard for blood test
Single use sterile lancet
The blood type test is easy to use for everyone: You simply prick a tiny hole in your fingertip, let a large drop of blood fall onto an EldonStick and transfer your blood to the four reagent circles. Wait for 40 seconds and the card tells you what blood type you have.
Determining blood types under difficult circumstances, such as man-made or natural disasters, emergencies, and other humanitarian situations can on the one hand be imperative to save lives and on the other hand be very difficult to do using traditional laboratory-based techniques. However, with the Eldon One Man Kit it becomes easy and safe to complete a point-of-care ABO blood type test and Rhesus factor determination also under very complex conditions.
The EldonCard does not require cold chain for transport and storage. It has a shelf-life at 24 months at 5-37 °C. It is portable and compact. The results are ready after just two minutes, and it is easy to lean and easy to use.
The Eldon One Man Kit contains everything you need to test your blood type:
EldonCard for blood test
Single use sterile lancet
The Eldon One Man Kit is recommended for humanitarian interventions, emergency and rescue, donor recruitment, military medics, and other entities, who could benefit from conducting point-of-care blood type testing for instance in situations concerning accidents and injuries.
The Eldon Military Kit is sold to armed forces for the use at assembly points and field hospitals. The Military Kit contains everything a field hospital needs to complete 50 ABO blood type tests and Rhesus determinations. The kit will add value to any field hospital and ensure fast, reliable, and effective blood type testing. The kit is compact and easy to use and can be stored at room temperature, no cold chain needed.
The Eldon Military Kit Contains:
25 EldonCards 2521 (50 blood type determinations)
50 Alcohol swaps
25 EldonFoils (for 50 blood type determinations on 2521 EldonCards)
The Eldon ABO and Rhesus Kit is sold to blood donor organizations, NGOs, and other humanitarian actors. The ABO and Rhesus Kit contains everything needed to complete 50 ABO blood type tests and Rhesus determinations. The kit will add value to any blood donor organization or humanitarian actor and ensure fast, reliable, and effective blood type testing. The kit is compact and easy to use and can be stored at room temperature, no cold chain needed.
The Eldon ABO and Rhesus Kit Contains:
25 EldonCards 2521 (50 blood type determinations)
50 Alcohol swaps
25 EldonFoils (for 50 blood type determinations on 2521 EldonCards)
The Eldon School Kit is sold for educational purposes to educational institutions across the world. The School Kit contains everything needed to complete 50 ABO blood type tests and Rhesus determinations. The kit will add value to the teaching in chemistry, biology, and human blood types at any educational institution teaching these subjects. The kit is compact and easy to use and can be stored at room temperature, no cold chain needed.
The Eldon School Kit Contains:
25 EldonCards 2521 (50 blood type determinations)
50 Automatic safety lancets
50 Alcohol swaps
25 EldonFoils (for 50 blood type determinations on 2521 EldonCards)
With EldonCards blood type determination can happen everywhere. It can happen at hospitals, blood banks, and clinics and it can be grouped at the bedside just prior to a transfusion. However, blood grouping can also take place in environments less associated with health care, such as in emergencies and humanitarian situations, on remote locations such as ships and oil rigs, on the battlefield, in the classroom, in a private home or in any other complex situation calling for a speedy and reliable test.
How to read the results and contents of the kitHow to read the results and contents of the kit
How to read the results The presence or absence of agglutinates Agglutinates may look different from field to field, see the examples below. The possible combinations of agglutinates and the corresponding blood types are shown to the right. Any test producing a weak agglutinate must be repeated. will show the blood type. If an agglutinate is seen in the control field, the result is invalid.
How Does the Eldon Home Blood Type Test Work?
The Eldon Blood Type Test contains the EldonCard on which there are four circles with antibody reagents. These antibodies will agglutinate with the corresponding antigens, if you have the antigens in your blood. When you have dropped your blood on the four circles, some of them will start agglutinating and in the guide which comes with the Eldon Blood Type Test you can see which blood type you have according to which antibody fields react.
Why You Should Know Your Blood TypeWhy You Should Know Your Blood Type
Knowing your blood type is important for several reasons. First of all you prevent the risk of receiving an incompatible blood type during a surgery or a blood transfusion (today your blood type will be tested and cross-matched against the donor’s blood type which brings the risk of receiving an incompatible blood type to a minimum).
Secondly, knowing your blood type is important if you are pregnant. If your blood is Rh-negative and your baby’s blood is Rh-positive there is a risk that your body will start producing antibodies against your baby’s blood, which can have deathly consequences for the baby.
Therefore, if your blood is Rh-negative and your baby’s blood is Rh-positive, you need to receive a shot called immunoglobulin. Immunoglobulin prevents antibody production and sensitization which means that you won’t produce antibodies against your baby’s blood.
The antibodies are typically not dangerous during your first pregnancy as chances are that you will not be exposed to your baby’s blood until you deliver it. However the antibodies you produce during your first pregnancy will wait until your next pregnancy, and if your second child is Rh-positive too, the antibodies will attack.
Some people would also like to know their blood type in relation to their diet and general health. There is a general belief amongst many people that eating according to your blood type will have a positive effect on your physical and mental health and your general wellbeing.
Lastly knowing your blood type is valuable when you want to help other people who are in need of a blood transfusion to survive. If you are healthy and able to donate blood, we strongly encourage you to do so – your blood can save lives.
To make a donation, you should visit your local Blood Bank or ask your doctor where to go to donate your blood.
Do You Have any Questions Regarding the Eldon Blood Type Test Kit?Do You Have any Questions Regarding the Eldon Blood Type Test Kit?
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