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A defective clot retraction might be caused by which one of these?

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Lack of or defect of platelet receptor glycoprotein Ib

Lack of or defect of platelet receptor Ilb/IIIa
Insufficient storage of ADP in platelet granules
Absence or defect of von Willebrand’s factor

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Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa is integral in the process of platelet aggregation as well as clot

retraction.

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Which coagulation factor is found only in the extrinsic pathway.

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Factor VII
Factor VIII
Factor IX
Factor X

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The single factor that is found ONLY in the extrinsic coagulation system is factor VII.
Factor VII is also called stable factor or proconvertin. The other choices listed are
either part of the intrinsic pathway or the common pathway.

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Which of the following processes can lead to the formation of microclots in a patient
specimen that is collected in a tube containing EDTA anticoagulant?

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Failing to invert the tube after specimen collection.

Filling the tube as full as the vacuum in the tube allows.
 Inverting the tube 5 - 10 times after specimen collection.
Using the EDTA tube for an automated platelet count.

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Failing to invert a tube containing an anticoagulant such as EDTA can cause the
formation of microclots. This can result in a falsely-decreased platelet count.

The other choices that are listed are all acceptable practices and will not cause the
formation of microclots in an EDTA tube.