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George Fritsma Receives ASCLS Lifetime Achievement Award

Please join the team at Precision BioLogic in congratulating George on his receipt of the 2023 ASCLS Lifetime Achievement Award. George, thank you for your many contributions to the medical laboratory science profession and for sharing your knowledge and expertise with us and visitors to The Fritsma Factor.

Precision BioLogic Poster at ISTH: DOAC-Remove

You are invited to visit the ISTH poster submitted by Precision BioLogic Inc.: PB1147 Effect of high-dose direct anticoagulant drugs and DOAC-Remove on lupus anticoagulant detection by a hexagonal phase phospholipid assay. The poster goes up Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 18:30–19:30.

Specimen Management

Webinar: The Many Faces of VWF, Part 2: Tumor Progression

Fritsma Factor participants, we invite you to view the next installment of our video series “Coag Conversations:” Dr. E. J. Favaloro: The Many Faces of von Willebrand Factor; or Von Willebrand Factor, ADAMTS13, Malignancy, and Beyond Part 2: Von Willebrand Factor and ADAMTS13: Tumor Progression and Beyond, sponsored by BioMedica Diagnostics, Inc.

Conference Calendar

We updated our Conference Calendar on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Check here for your 2023–24 hemostasis events. Contact me [Geo] at [email protected] to add your event.

PERT Consortium

Thanks to Paul Riley, Ph.D., Diagnostica Stago, for his introduction to the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team [PERT] Consortium. For our list of hemostasis-related links, click here. If your association does not appear in the list, please provide the website and link to me [Geo] at [email protected].

Thrombotic Microangiopathies Presentation Handout

Click for the handout for “von Willebrand Factor, Friend or Foe,” which George presented on Friday, April 21, and Friday, April 29, 2023.

Arterial Thrombosis

World Hemophilia Day April 17, 2023

Click here for the World Federation of Hemophilia on April 17, 2023, World Hemophilia Day. The theme this year is “Access for All: Prevention of bleeds as the global standard of care.” The call to action is to come together and advocate with local policymakers and governments for improved access to treatment and care with […]

Bleeding Disorders

Webinar: The Many Faces of VWF Part 1: Von Willebrand Factor and Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome

Fritsma Factor participants, we invite you to view Part 1 of our video: series ‘Coag Conversations’ The Many Faces of von Willebrand Factor; or Von Willebrand Factor, ADAMTS13, Malignancy, and Beyond: Von Willebrand Factor and Acquired von Willebrand syndrome, A Kaleidoscope of Presentations.” This is the first of a three-part series sponsored by BioMedica Diagnostics of […]

Arterial Thrombosis

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 […]

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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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