Many causes: Elevated concentrations of plasma D-dimer can be caused by many conditions to include arterial (stroke, atrial fib, etc) or venous blood clots (DVT), pulmonary embolism, infection (sepsis/ inflammatory response), normal pregnancy, pre/eclampsia, malignancy, surgery, tissue necrosis, congestive heart failure, liver disease, intravascular coagulation.
Media-fill testing (also called aseptic manipulation testing) is performed to measure the ability of procedures, personnel and equipment to successfully produce a sterile end product. This test is a simulation of the actual compounding taking place in a facility.
Historic Fill (HF) is often encountered on development projects in New Jersey. Historic Fill, by NJDEP definition, is non-native material, deposited to raise grades, that was contaminated prior to placement, and is not connected with the operations of the site on which it is found. A Municipal Solid Waste landfill, as an exception, is not considered Historic Fill.