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New Test Announcement: Platelet Function Screen (PFA-100)
January 12, 2009
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New Test Announcement: Platelet Function Screen (PFA-100)
We are replacing the antiquated Bleeding Time test with the PFA-100 Platelet Function Screen. This test monitors the time to platelet plug formation (called closure time) in citrated whole blood exposed to a collagen membrane in response to ADP, or epinephrine (epi). For patients known to be [...]
Posted: January 12th, 2009 under Lab Tests, Medstaff, St. Peter Hospital.
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