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Welcome to Ask Stago, the Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation.

This month we meet Joseph Bautista, is a 37 year old US man living with a rare clotting disorder, a Factor XI deficiency otherwise known as Hemophilia C. His journey so far has not been an easy one but by educating himself and advocating for the best care he is living a full and healthy life working as a data architect in the IT sector. Its an inspiring and reassuring story for anyone facing a rare bleeding disorder diagnosis & proves the importance of patient empowerment.

 

Content is scientific and technical in nature. It is intended as an educational tool for laboratory professionals and topics discussed are not intended as recommendations or as commentary on appropriate clinical practice.

Welcome to Ask Stago, The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation.

In today’s episode, our guest Evelyne Escarmant will help us to understand what is behind the recent update of ISO 15189 and what it means for us as manufacturers and indeed the clinical laboratory

Literature sources:

 ISO 15189; Medical laboratories – Requirements for quality and competence



 

Content is scientific and technical in nature. It is intended as an educational tool for laboratory professionals and topics discussed are not intended as recommendations or as commentary on appropriate clinical practice.

Welcome to Ask Stago, The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation.

In today’s episode, our guest Florence Crépet will help us to understand what is behind the wording “limit of blank”, “limit of detection” and “limit of quantification”, and what it means for the clinical laboratory

Literature sources:

Armbruster DA, Pry T. Limit of blank, limit of detection and limit of quantitation. Clin Biochem Rev. 2008 Aug;29 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S49-52.

CLSI. Evaluation of Detection Capability for Clinical Laboratory Measurement  Procedures; Approved  Guideline—Second  Edition. CLSI  document EP17-A2. Wayne,  PA: Clinical and Laboratory  Standards Institute; 2012.

CLSI Evaluation of Detection Capability Implementation Guide. CLSI Document EP17-Ed2-IG. Wayne, PA: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; 2021.



 

Content is scientific and technical in nature. It is intended as an educational tool for laboratory professionals and topics discussed are not intended as recommendations or as commentary on appropriate clinical practice.

Welcome to Ask Stago, The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation.

In this episode, to coincide with International Womens Day (March 8th), we are focusing on Gender equality in the workforce, why this is good for business and good for society overall. We meet with Eva Ohlsson Desormonts, Group HR Director for Stago and Amandine Serret International Business Support and Communications Director for Stago as well as an Executive Coach.

Literature sources:

Women in the Workpace 2022, McKinsey & Company whitepaper

Challenges facing early career women in thrombosis and hemostasis—meeting the needs of the next generation, Guest Editorial, J Thromb Haemost. 2022;20:2453-5455



 

Content is scientific and technical in nature. It is intended as an educational tool for laboratory professionals and topics discussed are not intended as recommendations or as commentary on appropriate clinical practice.

Welcome to Ask Stago, the Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation.

In today’s episode, we are delighted to speak to April Matera. April experienced a stroke at the age of 39 and from there began her journey towards an anti-phospholipid syndrome diagnosis. Unfortunately it took 7 different visits to 7 different doctors to get her there. She tells us here about her APS road and how it has impacted her life and her dream to have a family.

 

Content is scientific and technical in nature. It is intended as an educational tool for laboratory professionals and topics discussed are not intended as recommendations or as commentary on appropriate clinical practice.

Welcome to Ask Stago, the Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation.

In this series of our new season we will be covering Womens’ health and looking at the broader implications of coagulation and then speaking to a Lupus patient advocate on the impact this disease has had for her personally.

To start off, in today episode, we are delighted to speak to our Clinical Development Director, Dr Francois Depasse about the broader connection between Womens’ Health and coagulation and then a more in depth look at APS.

Links to related podcasts:

S1E13 - Lupus anticoagulant diagnosis work-up https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/13-the-lupus-anticoagulant-diagnosis-work-up-54015/



S3E7 - Hemostasis results interpretation along pregnancy https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/s3e7-hemostasis-results-interpretation-along-pregnancy-134753/





Literature sources:

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/blooddisorders/women/facts.html

Miyakis S, Lockshin MD, Atsumi T, Branch DW, Brey RL, Cervera R, Derksen RH, De Groot PG, Koike T, Meroni PL, Reber G, Shoenfeld Y, Tincani A, Vlachoyiannopoulos PG, Krilis SA. International consensus statement on an update of the classification criteria for definite antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). J Thromb Haemost 2006; 4: 295–306

Devreese KMJ, Ortel TL, Pengo V, de Laat B; Subcommittee on Lupus anticoagulant/Antiphospholipid antibodies. Laboratory criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome: communication from the SSC of the ISTH. J Thromb Haemost 2018; 16: 809-813

CLSI Laboratory testing for the Lupus anticoagulant - Approved Guideline. CLSI document H60-A. Wayne, PA; 2014.

Devreese, KMJ, de Groot, PG, de Laat, B, et al. Guidance from the Scientific and Standardization Committee for lupus anticoagulant/antiphospholipid antibodies of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. J Thromb Haemost. 2020; 18: 2828– 2839. https://doi.org/10.1111/jth.15047 



 

Content is scientific and technical in nature. It is intended as an educational tool for laboratory professionals and topics discussed are not intended as recommendations or as commentary on appropriate clinical practice.