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ASCLS-Montana Cancels April 9 Meeting

Thanks to Elaine Benoit, Precision Biologic, for the previous ISLH cancellation message and for the following: The ASCLS-MT 2020 spring educational conference will be canceled for this year April 9–11, 2020 in Missoula, MT. In the interests of supporting the national efforts to slow the transmission of COVID-19 we have decided to cancel our annual […]

ISLH Cancels May 21 Meeting

Received today, March 20, 2020: Due to the rapid progression of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and our desire to protect the health, safety and freedom of movement of our attendees, faculty and industry supporters, we have made the difficult, but necessary decision to cancel the in-person ISLH 2020 meeting that was scheduled to take place May 21-23 […]

THSNA Postponed

The 2020 Thrombosis and Hemostasis Summit of North America is postponed to late August in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The organizers hope we are all able to attend in August.

Chromogenic Factor VIII Assay

The Thrombosis and Hemostasis Summit of North America (THSNA) convenes in Chicago Thursday, April 23 to Saturday April 25. Fritsma Factor’s sponsor, Precision BioLogic Inc, Halifax, NS, and Affinity Biologicals, Inc,Toronto, ON will occupy booth 401. From 5:45 to 6:30 on Thursday, presenters will be located near their posters including the following posters developed by […]

Bleeding Disorders

Hex-phase Phospholipid Reagent

The Thrombosis and Hemostasis Summit of North America (THSNA) convenes in Chicago Thursday, April 23 to Saturday April 25. Fritsma Factor’s sponsor, Precision BioLogic Inc, Halifax, NS, and Affinity Biologicals, Inc,Toronto, ON will occupy booth 401. From 9:45 to 10:30 on Thursday, presenters will be located near their posters including the following poster developed by […]

PBI Innovative Business Award

Congratulations to my sponsor, Precision BioLogic Inc. for their prestigious Innovative Business of the Year award presented at the Halifax annual Halifax Business Awards Ceremony. The award in part was presented based on their 2019 CRYOcheck Factor VIII Inhibitor Kit launch. Click or tap here for details, and congratulations to the PBI “crew.”

Choosing Wisely

George presents “Medical Laboratory Scientists Choose Wisely” today, Friday, November 15 at the Clinical Laboratory Managers Association of Georgia and Alabama, hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Clinical Laboratory Management Symposium, UAB School of Health Professions. George’s talk describes the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s Choosing Wisely initiative. Click or tap here […]

Coagulation Factors

Aspirin Presentation October 16, 2019

Click here for George’s Northeast Laboratory Conference presentation handout, “Aspirin, the 1899 Wonder Drug Lives Again,” presented October 16, 2019 in Portland, Maine.

Antiplatelet Therapy

Conference Calendar

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Hemostasis Curriculum

For those of us who have teaching responsibilities, here is a JTH pre-pub that provides a comprehensive list of hemostasis topics: Moffat KA, Kiencke V, Blanco AN, McLintock C, Peyvandi F, et al., International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis core curriculum project: core competencies in laboratory thrombosis and hemostasis. J Thromb Haemost. 2019. doi: 10.1111/jth.14601. […]

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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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