期刊
MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 168, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2021.106463
关键词
Hemoglobin estimation; Reagent-free assay; On-site point-of-care testing; Microfluidic analytics
资金
- IMPRINT Project - Ministry of Education, India
- IMPRINT Project - Indian Council of Medical Research
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, through Sir J. C. Bose National Fellowship
- MHRD under the STARS scheme
This study introduces a low-cost, reagent-free method for hemoglobin estimation that can be implemented in resource-limited settings without sacrificing accuracy. By utilizing the principle of osmotic hemolysis, this technology provides a quick and accurate assessment of blood pathology in under-served locations.
Quantitative estimation of hemoglobin concentration is a commonly required clinical test to assess various manifestations of pathological conditions in blood. While several invasive and non-invasive approaches have been introduced for rapid low-cost determination of hemoglobin levels in patients, these methods have been reported to suffer from various constraints, limiting their applicability for precise quantitative analysis. Methods reporting high levels of quantitative accuracy, on the other hand, are severely challenged for their deployment in resource-limited settings, as these necessitate specialized reagents that demand exclusive storage and transportation facilities as well as trained human resources for deployment in the field. Circumventing these constraints, here we demonstrate a low cost (<$0.01 each test) reagent-free method for hemoglobin estimation on a simple portable unit that can be implemented in under-served locations without sacrificing the fundamental principle of direct evaluation of hemoglobin extracted from the human blood sample. Exploring the fundamental principle of osmotic hemolysis for extraction of hemoglobin from red blood cells, the method harnesses the dynamics of a blood drop on a rotating platform and simple imaging to come up with results in a turn-around time of about 13 min. The efficacy of the device has been justified by validating with established pathological gold standards. These results are likely to pave the pathway of establishing the paradigm of a first-principle based reagent-free evaluation of blood pathology in health and disease.
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