When testing for medical conditions, when is high specificity most desired?
A) When a false positive might cause harm
B) When the condition is both serious and treatable, and a false positive and false negative are equally injurious
C) When the suspected medical condition is serious but not treatable, and a false positive can cause harm
D) When the suspected medical condition is serious and treatable, and a false positive does not have harmful consequences
Question 2
Why is it important to standardize the results of a prothrombin time (PT) test?
A) To account for the wide variation in commercial preparations of thromboplastin and the differences in instrumentation
B) To introduce a proportionality constant that ensures the results will fit onto the standard curve
C) To eliminate interference by anticoagulant drugs
D) None of the above
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