Coagulation: Coagulation is the process by which blood changes from a liquid to a gel, forming a blood clot. It potentially results in hemostasis, the cessation of blood loss from a damaged vessel, followed by repair.
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FEB 25, 2025 | 1:00 PM
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Quality efforts in the clinical laboratory are always under the microscope- a hyper-focus for laboratorians from start to finish. Recognizing the external factors that affect hemostasis test...
APR 21, 2025 | 1:00 PM
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Routine coagulation assays are widely performed in laboratories and provide valuable information to the patient’s overall clinical picture. It’s important for laboratorians to kn...
APR 15, 2024 | 12:00 AM
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Every area of the laboratory has specific issues with pre-analytical errors causing unreadable or false results on samples, from mislabeling to samples being forgotten on the floors to drawi...
Inflammation is associated with cognitive decline and the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, although exact pathways remain elusive. To further explore the role of inflammation, we uti...
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Summary: Internal quality control is an integral process of laboratory testing. A clinical laboratory's coagulation quality control (QC) program is a critical component of its quality as...
SEP 20, 2023 | 11:00 AM
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Preanalytical errors and unsuitable samples can account for up to 70% of lab errors. 1 These errors can be attributed to improper specimen collection, specimen transportation, and specimen p...
SEP 20, 2023 1:00 PM ET
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In clinical laboratory settings, tests for coagulation factors are regularly run to test for inherited or acquired deficiencies in patients suspected of ongoing bleeding risk. Available test...
MAY 25, 2023 | 10:00 AM
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Free light chains, kappa (κ) lambda (λ), are produced by plasma cells and known to be an important marker in patients with Multiple Myeloma and AL Amyloidosis. The precursor con...
APR 26, 2023 | 11:00 AM
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Date: April 26, 2023 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) Von Willebrand disease is one of the most common bleeding disorders that affects both men and women equally. However, th...
Date: June 21, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cell. Plasma cells are white blood cells that make antibodies that help to pro...
Date: September 14, 2021 Time: 7am PDT, 10am EDT, 4pm CEST A conventional thermal cycler has long been a commodity product in the lab and end-point PCR techniques can be completed almost wit...
APR 23, 2021 | 2:00 PM
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Overview and learning objectives: Lupus anticoagulants are consistently present in patients at risk of thrombosis as a result of underlying antiphospholipid syndrome (aPS), a dangerous disor...
DATE: February 24, 2021 TIME: 10am PST Automated lab instruments such as liquid handlers and cell sorters are increasingly common in all types of laboratories, driving fast results for labor...
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in December 2019 and has spread globally, causing a pandemic of respiratory illness designated coronavirus disease 20...