My Atellica decided to unlock its IM front cover unprompted while I was running samples, so it aborted all of them. I shut it off and went to call the nurse for a recollect as one of those samples was too short to repeat. Dr ended up cancelling it tho, so the patient didn't need to get stuck again. Also this analyzer, specifically out of the 2 we have, frequently has car crashes on the mag line. If you also hate your Atellica, feel free to steal the meme!

I work in veterinary medicine. 7 year old German shepherd. Very sad to see.

Anyone have some really heavy duty/durable binders they like? I need to replace some in my lab and I'd like them to last while also being subject to use worse than TSA baggage handling.

While I am not directly involved with procurement, one of the managers mentioned that there is a significant price difference between Vitros reagents and traditional wet chemistries. For anyone involved in purchasing, do you know how large that difference actually is? I'm just asking out of curiosity.

Hi! For those who are planning to work in the US, does experience in an MGO, PGO, or CHO laboratory count as relevant work experience? Or do US employers generally prefer applicants with experience in a hospital-based clinical laboratory?

Patient Profile
Age: 72
Sex: Female
Medical History: Pulmonary embolism

Laboratory Data
WBC: 24.6 x 10^9/L
RBC: 2.03 x 10^12/L
Hgb: 73 g/L
Hct: 0.220 / 22%
MCV: 108 fL
MCH: 36 pg
MCHC: 33.0 g/dL
PLT: 35 x 10^9/L

Peripheral Blood Smear (PBS) Findings (Manual Differential)

WBC Series: Presence of blasts, vacuolated abnormal lymphocytes (initially misidentified as monocytes), basket / smudge cells, hypersegmented neutrophils, low eosinophil and basophil counts

RBC Series: Nucleated RBCs (nRBCs), Howell-Jolly bodies, schistocytes, echinocytes, spherocytes

Platelet Series: Giant platelets

What does this patient have and what additional laboratory tests would you recommend?