A big Thank You to everyone who visited the Fritsma Factor booth at the Mayo Laboratories Coagulation Testing Quality conference and exhibit August 7–10 in Rochester, MN, and congratulations to our drawing winners who received either a copy of Rodak BF, Fritsma GA, Keohane EM. Hematology, Clinical Principles and Applications, Elsevier, 2012, or a set of our AACC Press Quick Guides, […]

From Laura Lum at Seattle Children’s Hospital: I couldn’t follow the mathematical calculation for the 4:1 mix mentioned in the Lupus Anticoagulant presentation. The normal plasma is assumed 100%; the patient was 20%. The calculation was [100 + (20 x 4)] divided by 5. The answer was given as 32 but by my calculation, it should be 36 (180/5 […]