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LQCL2302 - CMLE - Falsely Elevated Troponin Results
Course Description

LabQ 2023 Clinical Laboratory: Clinical Chemistry Exercise  

Faculty/Authors

JANET SIMONS, MD, FRCPC
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
ST. PAUL’S HOSPITAL 
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  

CMLE Credit: 2.0
Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

  1. Review the Technical Considerations.
  2. Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
  3. Click Access to begin the course.
  4. Review the Educational Activity.
  5. Complete and submit the Post Exam.
  6. Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures​
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 05/27/2023
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2025 

Course Objectives
Following completion of this activity, you will be able to:
  • define high sensitivity in the context of troponin assays; 

  • list 3 analytic interferences common to immunoassay methods; 

  • recognize the presence of an immunoassay interference; 

  • describe methods to investigate immunoassay interferences; and  

  • discuss the interpretation of serial troponin measurements.  

Summary
Availability: On-Demand
Credit Offered:
2 CMLE Credits
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