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September 2022 Quick Question: Specimen Management

Aug 31 2022
George Fritsma

Our September 2022 Quick Question asks, “You collect blood for a heparin assay. How soon must you centrifuge the specimen?” Please answer using your facility’s protocol and provide your discussion in the comments section. [Please don’t be thwarted by the Recaptcha function, it is there to prevent cheating!

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Caro La
Sep 7, 2022 4:49am

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George Fritsma MS MLS

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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