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1. Kroft SH. Can EDTA blood specimens be vortexed to obtain a platelet count when platelet aggregates are found [Q&A]? CAP TODAY. 2001;15(4):94–95.
2. Schrezenmeier H, Müller H, Gunsilius E, Heimpel H, Seifried E. Anticoagulant-induced pseudothrombocytopenia and pseudoleucocytosis. Thromb Haemost. 1995;73(3):506–513.
3. Lippi G, Plebani M. EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia: further insights and recommendations for prevention of a clinically threatening artifact. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2012;50(8):1281–1285.

Joan E. Etzell, MD
Medical Director, Sutter Health Shared Laboratory, Livermore, Calif.
Clinical Professor of Laboratory Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine
Chair, CAP Hematology/Clinical Microscopy Resource Committee

Sherrie Perkins, MD, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Pathology, Chief of Clinical Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Director of Hematopathology, ARUP Laboratories
Vice Chair, CAP Hematology/Clinical Microscopy Resource Committee

Dr. Kiechle is medical director of clini­cal pathology, Memorial Healthcare, Hollywood, Fla. Use the reader service card to submit your inquiries, or address them to Sherrie Rice, CAP TODAY, 325 Wau­ke­gan Road, Northfield, IL 60093; srice@cap.org.