Platelets: tiny blood cells that help your body form clots to stop bleeding. If one of your blood vessels gets damaged, it sends out signals to the platelets. The platelets then rush to the site of damage and they form a plug (clot) to fix the damage.
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SEP 20, 2023 | 11:00 AM
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Preanalytical errors and unsuitable samples can account for up to 70% of lab errors. 1 These errors can be attributed to improper specimen collection, specimen transportation, and specimen p...
MAY 25, 2023 | 10:00 AM
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Free light chains, kappa (κ) lambda (λ), are produced by plasma cells and known to be an important marker in patients with Multiple Myeloma and AL Amyloidosis. The precursor con...
APR 26, 2023 | 11:00 AM
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Date: April 26, 2023 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) Von Willebrand disease is one of the most common bleeding disorders that affects both men and women equally. However, th...
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Date: June 01, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST), 6:00pm (CEST) The enumeration and analysis of blood cells with automated haematology analysers have significantly improved in recent ye...
Date: December 1, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) The enumeration and analysis of blood cells with automated haematology analysers have significantly improved in recent years due to a...
Date: July 20, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) The FDA released their guidance, Bacterial Risk Control Strategies for Blood Collection Establishments and Transfusion Services to Enhan...
DATE: February 09, 2021 TIME: 08:00am PST Flow cytometry immunophenotyping has become one of the mainstream applications for the diagnosis and classification of several hematologic neoplasms...
The mammary gland is a unique organ that develops predominantly after birth and undergoes dramatic remodelling in reproductive phases. Macrophages have been implicated in mammary gland funct...
The International Council for Standardization in Haematology (ICSH) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing open-access guidance documents to enhance the quality of laboratory tes...
Rapid access to high quality comprehensive coagulation test results is critical to patient care. In an environment where clinical laboratories constantly experience price and labor pressure,...
This talk will cover different approaches to emergency hemostasis testing for patients that are actively bleeding due to trauma, surgery, obstetrical emergencies and other causes. The talk i...
The compendium of newly emerging and currently available hemophilia and anticoagulant treatments, while offering new choices for improved patient care, can create significant levels of inter...