Incidental findings
What to do with a sample if further tests, unasked, are needed? A few years ago, a patient’s sample sent …
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UIDs of documents
All documents must have a unique identity (UID). This is mandated by the ISO 15189 Standard. A common method of …
Accurate platelet counts
Some individuals show thrombocytopenia on the hematology CBC autoanalyzers, but a manual examination reveals normal counts. This is pseudothrombocytopenia, and …
Centrifuges
by Swaroop Sood Open centrifuges After the arrival of HIV in the early 1980s, we all became aware of the …
Quality assurance in a clinical laboratory - how to achieve ISO 15189 accreditation/ certification 