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Day 6🧪Welcome back to 30 Days of ASCP: Make It Make Sense because once you get it, you never forget it. A left shift simply means the bone marrow is pushing out younger neutrophils to meet a high demand, usually from infection, inflammation, or stress. When bands, metas, and even myelocytes start showing up in circulation, that’s your clue the marrow is working overtime. The more immature the cells, the stronger the response. Comment PASS to pass the ASCP exam. 🧪🔬 | Marilyn Claire

Day 20🧪 Welcome back to 30 Days of ASCP: Make It Make Sense because once you get it, you never forget it. The coagulation cascade looks intimidating, but the structure is simple once you organize it. There are two pathways, intrinsic and extrinsic, and they meet at the common pathway. The intrinsic pathway begins with factors XII, XI, IX, and VIII. The extrinsic pathway begins with tissue factor (factor III) activating factor VII. Both pathways converge at factor X, which enters the common path

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