A new concept in the automation of the VDRL test; preliminary results

Automation of the rapid plasma reagin test using the Autotape System.

“…The Technicon continuous-flow system has been developed for both haemagglutination (Sturgeon et al, 1963;Marsh et al, 1968) and syphilis (Wagstaff et al, 1969) tests in blood transfusion centres. The Autotape System equipment, which performs automated agglutination tests, was first used for brucellosis testing in cattle (Gower et al, 1974), and the second prototype has been set up for syphilis testing using a modification of the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test (Portnoy et al, 1957).…”