4 December 2024 (Tuesday) - NEQAS 2404 PA

I got hold of the results of NEQAS parasitology survey 2402 today.
 
2404 PA1
"Returned from safari in Tanzania with suspected malaria"
 
I saw trypanosomes -  T. brucei
I was right
 
2404 PA2
"Fever on return from Thailand"
 
I said no parasites seen
I was right

3 December 2024 (Monday) - Fritsma Factor Newsletter

The Fritsma Factor newsletter appeared in my in=box today. You can read it by clicking here.

One article made me think…  how do you know if a sample has got a clot in it? Well, you pop it open and fish about with a wooden stick, don’t you? We’ve certainly been doing that since 1981. It would seem there’s no evidence that this doesn’t activate an otherwise decent sample…

So what are we supposed to do?