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078CE: Does That Patient REALLY Need Platelets? with Joe Sweeney
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028: Who DAT? with Sue Johnson
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For such a simple test, the Direct Antiglobulin ("Coombs") Test confuses the heck out of most every blood bank student, ... Read more
27 Feb 2017
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