Dr. Richmond, I frequently share your frustration with acronyms and abbreviations, but these are two that I actually know. ASR is Analyte Specific Reagent, a term that is applied to many of the monoclonal antibodies that we use in the clinical immunology lab, and also to antibodies used in Immunohistochemistry (IHC). This means that the manufacturer hasn't done the studies necessary to get FDA (Finicky Dumb Aristocrats) clearance to sell it as an In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD), and so each lab that wants to use it has to go through a process of validation to show that the reagent does what we want it to do.
Another layer of bureaucracy added to our lives to "improve" the quality of what we do. Regards, Eric Hoy (another aging lout) =================================================== Eric S. Hoy, Ph.D., SI(ASCP) Clinical Associate Professor Department of Health Care Sciences The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas Email: es...@flash.net =================================================== On 10/24/13 9:22 AM, "Bob Richmond" <rsrichm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jim Vickroy in US area code 217 asks for "ASR antibodies verses IVD > antibodies" so here are some verses for the occasion. (Happy Friday Eve!) > > What's an ASR? > What's an IVD? > (I do know FDA > and sometimes CAP.) > Endless abbreviations > leave me with frustrations. > Please, spell it out, > for this aging lout! > > ("In older CAP regulations ASR's had to be handled separately than IVD > antibodies including a disclaimer acquired from the FDA. I don't find that > in the current CAP checklist.") > > Bob Richmond > Samurai Pathologist > Maryville TN > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet