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I was wondering if anyone partially auto releases the hemogram part of the CBC that contains a flag? An example would be if there was an Immature Gran flag or an anisocytosis flag that required a smear review. The hemogram part of the CBC would auto release but the differential part would be held pending the smear review. Thanks in advance for your input.

I had this happen once. A processor had taken off some Plasma for a Homocysteine and put the tube back in the extra rack. The floor called and added on a CBC. The tech went back and got the tube and ran the CBC. Upon redrawing the patient, the values went back to the original values. Did this patient have any send out that required EDTA plasma?

What about verbal orders to add units to a previous crossmatch? Do you still require it to be documented in the computer.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone was running and reporting out Cepheid Xpert's Clostridium/Epi assay. We currently run the C diff but are thinking about switching to the Cdiff/Epi assay. Thanks

Thanks for the article and the suggestion about buying samples. I will look into this.

Does anyone perform lamellar body counts on their Beckman Coulter LH780? If so, how did you validate the test? Thanks, Doris