Performance characteristics of the high sensitivity Alinity i & ARCHITECT HBsAg Next Qualitative/Confirmatory assays.Despite improvement in vaccinations, Hepatitis B remains a major health concern due to the difficulty of prevention even in low endemic areas such as Europe.  In this report we describe the performance characteristics of the new HBsAg Next Qualitative and HBsAg Next Confirmatory assays designed for blood screening and diagnostic purposes on the Alinity i and ARCHITECT fully automated systems.  Overall, the Alinity i & ARCHITECT HBsAg Next assays have taken a step forward in improving the detection of Hepatitis B virus.
Alinity i
Performance characteristics of the high sensitivity Alinity i & ARCHITECT HBsAg Next Qualitative/Confirmatory assays.Despite improvement in vaccinations, Hepatitis B remains a major health concern due to the difficulty of prevention even in low endemic areas such as Europe. 
ARCHITECT HBsAg Next Qualitative/Confirmatory assays
Performance characteristics of the high sensitivity Alinity i & ARCHITECT HBsAg Next Qualitative/Confirmatory assays.Despite improvement in vaccinations, Hepatitis B remains a major health concern due to the difficulty of prevention even in low endemic areas such as Europe.  In this report we describe the performance characteristics of the new HBsAg Next Qualitative and HBsAg Next Confirmatory assays designed for blood screening and diagnostic purposes on the Alinity i and ARCHITECT fully automated systems.  Overall, the Alinity i & ARCHITECT HBsAg Next assays have taken a step forward in improving the detection of Hepatitis B virus.
Alinity i
The new assays were evaluated in comparison to the ARCHITECT HBsAg Qualitative II and Confirmatory assays on seroconversion, analytical sensitivity, and mutant panels along with testing of over 400 clinical positive samples demonstrating excellent improvements in sensitivity. 
ARCHITECT HBsAg Qualitative II and Confirmatory assays