Events

VWF: Friend or Foe

I [Geo] will present, “Von Willebrand Factor, Friend or Foe: MA, TTP, aHUS, STEC-HUS, MAHA, PLEX, TIC, ADAMTS13, VWF What Does it All Mean?” for the combined ASCLS-Alaska, -Washington, and -Oregon on Friday, April 21, 1–2 CDT, and again for ASCLS-North Dakota on Friday, April 28, 2–3 CDT. These presentations are virtual. Click here for […]

Precision BioLogic Chromogenic FIX Assay Cleared by the FDA

Congratulations to our sponsor, Precision BioLogic Inc., as their CRYOcheck chromogenic factor IX assay was cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration on January 5, 2023. Click here for PBI’s news release. and click “Factor IX Testing and Introduction to CRYOcheck Chromogenic Factor IX” to register for our February 1 webinar featuring special guest […]

Coagulation Factors

Hemosonics Quantra QStat Cartridge

On November 30, Hemosonics, LLC announced that they had received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Quantra Hemostasis System with QStat cartridge, which accompanies their QPlus cartridge. Click here for the press release.

Viscoelastometry

Dr. Karen Moser Coag Conversation: The DOACs Part 2

Our Coag Conversation series sponsored by BioMedica Diagnostics continues with Dr. Karen Moser

Anticoagulant Therapy

Dr. Karen Moser’s Coag Conversation: The DOACs

George Fritsma and guest speaker Karen Moser, MD, Medical Director of the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Laboratory at ARUP Laboratories and Associate

Anticoagulant Therapy

Dr. Brandon Henry: Coag Conversations: All Three

George Fritsma and guest speaker Brandon Michael Henry, MD, Investigative Pathologist at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Dr. William L. Nichols, Jr.

We celebrate the life of Dr. William [Bill] Lawrence Nichols, Jr, who passed away suddenly on September 7, 2022, at his home.

Michigan State University CLS Coag Graduate Course BLD 835

ISTH Poster: FVIII Deficient Plasma with VWF

Yesterday, July 12, 2022, at the ISTH annual meeting in London, England, the research staff of Precision BioLogic Inc., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada presented the poster: Kesavan N, Rahman M, Sadeghi-Khomami A, Black KM, Wood A. Performance of FVIII deficient plasma with VWF in the activity measurement of FVIII replacement products in plasma samples using […]

Bleeding Disorders

ISTH Poster: Chromogenic FIX Activity Assay

Yesterday, July 12, 2022, at the ISTH annual meeting in London, England, the research staff of Precision BioLogic Inc., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada presented the poster: Quinton T, Fraser J, Black KM, Sadeghi-Khomami A. Performance of a chromogenic factor IX activity assay in the recovery of factor IX replacement therapies, Abstract PB1183. Their data illustrate […]

Bleeding Disorders

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George Fritsma is a medical laboratory scientist, educator, and author. George holds faculty appointments with Rutgers University and Michigan State University, and is a member of the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis, American Association of Clinical Chemists, and American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science.

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