I had my annual physical last Monday, and received the blood test lab
printouts yesterday. It won't surprise anyone that they are all in
metric: g/dL, mg/dL, etc.
Unfortunately, the entire document is printed in upper-case text. So
the symbols really show up as:
MG/DL
MMOL/L
G/DL
The other problem is they list microliter as MCL.
I don't know if this is standard in the medical industry or just this
particular testing lab. It is unfortunate, in any case.
The company that did the testing is Quest Diagnostics. They say on
thier web site: "Quest Diagnostics is America's leading provider of
diagnostic testing services, performing laboratory tests for more
than 500,000 patients each day."
Jim
Jim Elwell, CAMS
Electrical Engineer
Industrial manufacturing manager
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
www.qsicorp.com
