Thrombophilia

World Thrombosis Day October 13

Dear World Thrombosis Day (WTD) supporter, Thank you for your tremendous support of the WTD campaign. As you are finalizing your plans for WTD, we kindly ask you to consider signing up for the WTD Thunderclap online via this link: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/62063-world-thrombosis-day-2017. By signing up with your corporate (or personal) account, you help magnify the WTD […]

ASH Guidelines for Comment

The American Society for Hematology invites public comment on their Guidelines for VTE in Pediatric Patients and Guidelines for VTE in Non-Surgical Patients. Click or tap here if you would like to review or comment.

Antithrombin Specimens

From Odetta Hanna, Sekisui Diagnostics: Hello, I am looking for information about the percentage of fresh-vs- frozen samples tested for antithrombin in laboratories.

Specimen Management

Who Reports Complex Test Results?

From George: Here is a recent message from a colleague who asks about a common but awkward professional issue related to reporting complex test results: I work at a small anatomic pathology laboratory that provides services almost exclusively to oncologists in a major metropolitan area. Coagulation is the only department in the lab that is […]

Is APS Hereditary?

An intriguing case from Heather DeVries, Indiana University Health. Hi George, I have an interesting (cold) case study for you. We recently tested a 44 yo female for lupus antibodies and she had textbook results–nothing equivocal about them. Her history includes a late-term pregnancy loss 12 years ago, and a recent diagnosis of lupus, so […]

Lupus Anticoagulant

Schistocytes in Urine Sediment?

This question was posed by a participant in the Rutgers University graduate course, CLSC 5123, Advanced Hematology. Rutgers’ Clinical Laboratory Science program, directed by Elaine Keohane, PhD, offers an online masters degree program with advanced coursework that atrracts laboratory supervisors and managers. Here is the question. My laboratory has had some requests recently to “identify […]

Bleeding Disorders

PE in VWD

This is from Demetra “Toula” Castillo, Carolinas HealthCare. Can someone please explain to me how someone with a bleeding disorder can get a PE? She has type 2M VWD and takes Stimate for localized bleeds and gets monthly infusions of Humate-P. She also has endometriosis due to the VWD. Her last infusion was 3 weeks […]

Bleeding Disorders

World Thrombosis Day 2016

World Thrombosis Day is October 13, 2016, less than a month away. Please select World Thrombosis Day for complete information on this important event.

On-demand HIT Assay

Instrumentation Laboratory announces the July 26, 2016 approval of their HemosIL HIT-Ab(PF4-H) on-demand polyclonal antibody-based latex immunoassay for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. The assay ifunctions on IL‘s TOP Analyzer series. Attached are IL‘s press release, HIT-Ab(PF4-H) package insert, a 2016 Thrombosis Research article and editorial on the efficacy of on-demand HIT testing. HIT– Ab(PF4-H) Press Release HIT– […]

Weak DRVVT Results

From Tom Exner, Haematek: Hope you had a good 4th of July… Thanks very much for including me sometimes in your interesting online discussions. This time I have an issue on which I would appreciate your advice and possible comments from others if you think it might be suitable for your online interest group. Regarding […]

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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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