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Hi All,  I am just wondering what you all are doing about the Blue Top Coag tube shortage.  We have gone to fingerstick protimes but that doesn't cover all our coag testing.

 

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We have been working closely with our vendor and have been able to stay stocked up.  We have stopped collecting extra blue tops but we haven't had to restrict testing yet.

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