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TIC Presentation

Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation, “Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy” on Friday, June 19 on the Auburn University at Montgomery campus, and thanks to Kathy Jones and the organizers for the invitation. As promised, the handout for my presentation is now available on my previous post.

Bleeding Disorders

Thrombin Time Technique

From Monali Gupta MD, Toronto General Hospital: Hi George, I compliment you for creating such a wonderful website to understand and learn coagulation. The modules are very educative. I have two questions about the DTI assay described in Module 28, Thrombin Time Assay. Why patients’s plasma is diluted in 1:8 or 1:20 in saline? Why pipetting has […]

Anticoagulant Therapy

Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy 6-19-15

George presents “Trauma-induced Coagulopathy with Massive Transfusion Protocol” Friday, June 19, 2015, 12:45–1:45 at the annual Robert B. Adams Foundation symposium on the Auburn University at Montgomery Campus. The handout for this presentation is available here as a 2-per-page handout, suitable for your phone. computor or tablet. For information on the one-day symposium, contact Kathy […]

Bleeding Disorders

How Often to Compute Uncertainty Data

Hello George, I am trying to find an article that tells how often I have to calculate the uncertainty for coagulation assay (fibrinogen, PT, APTT). Can you give me a resource for information or any further help with this? Best regards, Monica Truta, Clinical Laboratory Technician, Infectious Diseases Hospital “Dr. Victor Babes,” Romania. Hello, Ms. Truta, and thank […]

Educational Modules

A nice note from Dr. Nilia M. Madan, Program Coordinator & Professor, Clinical Laboratory Science Program, Miami Dade College, Medical Campus. I have visited some of the modules and find them very informative and useful. I would like to have permission to use some of the material for my lectures when I teach Coagulation. Please […]

Mixing Study Correction Survey

Judy Miller reports, “Hi George, we currently use the Rosner Index, and consider an Index of >15 to indicate possible inhibitor.”

Antiplatelet Therapy and Platelet Function Testing

In the interest of self-promotion and the dissemination of current information, I’ve posted three review articles prepared for the ASCLS Clinical Laboratory Science journal Focus series. They are… Fritsma GA. Antiplatelet drugs and platelet function testing. Clin Lab Sci 2015;28:122–4. Fritsma GA. Platelet structure and function. Clin Lab Sci 2015;28: 125–31. Fritsma GA. Managing antiplatelet […]

Antiplatelet Therapy

Vitamin K at Birth

Although the US Department of Health has recommended vitamin K supplementation at birth since 1961, the incidence of infant hemorrhage is rising as the number of parents who refuse vitamin K rises. This issue is addressed in a June 18, 2014 St. Louis Post-Dispatch article and is documented in Schulte R, Jordan LC, Morad A, […]

Bleeding Disorders

Precision BioLogic Booth at ISLH

Photos taken May 21, 2015: 1. Brian Wiens, Senior Product Manager for Precision BioLogic Inc., and George in the Precision booth at the International Society for Laboratory Hematology annual meeting in Chicago. 2. Brian, accompanied by Precision Account Managers Laurie Desjardin and Kelly Sweeney.

Mixing Studies with a Saline Mix

Dr. Ali Sadighi-Khomami, Precision bioLogic Inc, provided this paragraph from the Esoterix Coagulation handbook about the suggested saline phase mixing study.

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George Fritsma is a medical laboratory scientist, educator, and author. George is a member of the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis, the International Society for Laboratory Hematology, and the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science.

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