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Effective  Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at 1100, routine coagulation tests will be performed on the Beckman ACL TOP Automated Coagulation Analyzer.  The following tests will be performed on site at both Hillcrest and Thornton medical centers:

PROTIME*                 Reference range:*         7.6 sec-9.3 sec

APTT                           Reference range:           25.3 sec-33.2 sec

FIBGN                        Reference range:           200 mg/dl-450 mg/dl

D-DIMER HS Reference range:           240 ng/ml or less is a Negative test

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES:

*New test name and new reference range for PT

The turn around time for D-Dimer HS is less than one hour at both Hillcrest and Thornton.

Heparin therapeutic range is now available in the “DETAIL” page of APTT results. 

For more information please call the Hematology laboratory at Hillcrest: 543-2244 or Thornton: 657-6164 or 657-6165