Ask Stago (english version)

Welcome to Ask Stago , the podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation.  In today’s episode, our guest Doctor Isabelle Gouin-Thibault will discuss the influence of dextran sulfate in anti-Xa assay.  Literature sources:  Lasne, D. et al. (2023) Factors Influencing Anti-Xa Assays: A Multicenter Prospective Study in Critically Ill and Noncritically Ill Patients...

Welcome to Ask Stago , The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation. In this “back to basics” mini-series, Dr LaShanta Brice will discuss the clinical utility of the three most common parameters tested in the lab, the PT, APTT and Fibrinogen. Today we are going to cover the Prothrombin Time ! We will discover why an order for a PT would be received by the...

Welcome to Ask Stago , the Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation . In today’s episode, Emily Pullen , North America Product Manager, will tell us more about Stago solution to improve lab productivity with the STA Workcell Max. Literature sources: https://www.stago.com/products-services/max-generation-analysers/sta-workcell-max/ https://www.youtube-noco...

Welcome to Ask Stago , The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation. In today’s episode, our guest Dr. Refaai  will help us understand the formation and function of fibrin monomers (FM) in hemostasis, highlighting their crucial role in coagulation and clot formation and the need for more prospective studies to validate this assay for clinical indications...

Welcome to Ask Stago , the Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation.  In today’s episode, Anne-Cécile Ortega will further explain what a MyOptiLab audit is — a service offered by Stago that involves a comprehensive workflow study using the Lean Six Sigma methodology. This audit is designed to help laboratories enhance their efficiency by identifying areas...

Welcome to Ask Stago, The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation. In today’s episode, Karine Carrière  will explain further what are microvesicles, their importance in coagulation and how to analyze them.  Literature sources: [Tesselaar et al.], [Lacroix et al.] [Faille et al.] [Mullier et al.] Vallier et al.] . [Nieuwland et al.] Kim HK, Song KS, Park...

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 health...

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 compet...

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 dete...

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 Busin...

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 her...

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...

Welcome to Ask Stago, The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation. In today’s episode, our guest Professor Romaric Lacroix will explain us how fibrinolysis is important to the whole hemostasis process and how the sample fibrinolytic activity needs to be evaluated and sometimes monitored. Link to previous podcasts: S1E15 – Disseminated Intravascular Coagu...

Welcome to Ask Stago , the Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation . In today’s episode, our guest Tom Childs will help us to understand the goal and clinical benefits of the Factor parallelism method.   Link to previous podcasts: S1E11 – How to be more productive (part 1): implementation of a rules engine https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/10-ho...

Welcome to Ask Stago , The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation. In today’s episode, our guest Gabrielle Pearl will explain us the particularities of thrombosis and hemostasis in pediatric population, and how to manage pediatric patient samples in the clinical laboratory. Link to previous podcasts: S2E5 - How to collect and prepare the coagulation sam...

Welcome to Ask Stago, the podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in hemostasis. In today episode, our expert Lydie Nicoud , R&D reagent manager, will talk with us about the test of fibrinogen.  As usual, don’t forget to send any question you may have to ask@stago.com , we will be glad to answer to it. Literature sources: Miesbach W, Schenk J, Alesci S, Lindhoff-La...

Welcome to Ask Stago, The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation.   In today’s episode, our guest Dr Bryan G Fry, aka Venom Doc, will make us enter his world and understand how venom interact with coagulation and how they can prove useful for assay or drug design & development     Literature sources: Fry BG, Roelants K, Champagne DE, Scheib H, Tynda...

Welcome to Ask Stago , the Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation. In today’s episode, our guest François Depasse will help us to understand the hemostasis results obtained along pregnancy, what are the related difficulties for the lab and Link to previous podcasts: S1E15 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) and fibrin related markers: https://w...

Welcome to Ask Stago, The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation. In today’s episode, our guest Sophie Réhault will give us explanations on what is the new EU IVD regulation and what it implies both for IVD manufacturers and for the clinical laboratories.  Link to previous podcasts:  S2E18 – Practical check list of the implementation of an instrument in...

Welcome to Ask Stago, The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation . In today’s episode, our guest Daniel Pilbeam , from the Clinical Pathology Laboratory at UVet in Melbourne will help us understand the common points and differences between veterinary and human hemostasis, and what should be critically assessed.   Previous episodes in relation to the top...

Welcome to Ask Stago , the podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation . In today’s episode, our guest Kaitlyn Pelc will explain further the different steps to validate an instrument at the installation. Previous episodes in relation to the topic: S2E18 – Practical check list of the implementation of an instrument in your lab:  https://www.podcastics.com/pod...

Welcome to Ask Stago , the podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in hemostasis . In today’s episode, our guest David Courtois will explain further what is platelet aggregometry, how to measure it and in which indications it is useful.   Literature sources: Born GVR. Aggregation of blood platelets by adenosine disphosphate and its reversal. Nature 1962; 194: 927 – 929...

Welcome to Ask Stago , the podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in hemostasis. In today episode, our expert Charlotte Parent , Marketing product manager, will talk with us about the EQA. A valuable tool to ensure the quality of laboratory results. As usual, don’t forget to send any question you may have to ask@stago.com , we will be glad to answer to it.   Literatur...

Welcome to Ask Stago , the podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in hemostasis. In today episode, our expert guest, Dr Caroline Vayne from Tours University Hospital in France, gives us an overview on heparin induced thrombocytopenia. As usual, don’t forget to send any question you may have to ask@stago.com , we will be glad to answer to it.   Learn more: Gruel Y, Vay...

Welcome to Ask Stago, The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation. In today’s episode, our co-host Audrey Carlo will share her understanding on what is HTA and why Value of Diagnostic Information should be further recognized. Literature sources: Wurcel V, Cicchetti A, Garrison L, Kip MMA, Koffijberg H, Kolbe A, Leeflang MMG, Merlin T, Mestre-Ferrandiz J,...