ASTM's temperature measurement standards provide the material and property specifications, as well as guides for the testing, calibration, and use of laboratory, industrial, and clinical instruments used in the determination of thermal variables, particularly temperature.
Coagulation Factor Deficiency or Dysfunction. A bleeding disorder may be due to a lack of one or more clotting factors or the result of factors that do not function properly. Deficiency or dysfunction of coagulation factors may have genetic causes (inherited) or may be the result of another disease or condition. The following are a few examples: Inherited.
Many more people are affected by von Willebrand disease, the most common inherited bleeding disorder in America caused by clotting proteins. Von Willebrand disease can affect both males and females. Platelet disorders are the most common cause of bleeding disorder and are usually acquired rather than inherited.