The provision of Equipment, Maintenance and Reagents required for the delivery of Blood Plasma Viscosity Testing Services at St James’s Hospital Dublin

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the provision of Equipment, Maintenance and Reagents required for the delivery of Blood Plasma Viscosity Testing Services at St James’s Hospital Dublin Lot 1: the provision of Equipment, Maintenance and Reagents required for the delivery of Blood Plasma Viscosity Testing Services at St James’s Hospital Dublin .Plasma viscosity (PV) testing in a medical setting is useful to detect increases in plasma viscosity, which are due to changes in the relative proportions of various plasma protein fractions, such as albumin, fibrinogen and immunoglobulins. It has many parallels with the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), in which similar changes in plasma protein fractions cause the rate of erythrocytes sedimentation to increase. Like the ESR, PV testing is not specific for any particular disease or condition but instead has a screening and monitoring value. It is of use to measure plasma viscosity in patients known to have multiple myeloma (MM) and related monoclonal gammopathies.