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Buffoonery in Blood Testing

(This blog was spurred on by my conversation today with a Texas DPS lab analyst in Austin that agreed to talk to me after my dissatisfaction with the noncompliance of 2 subpoena duces tecums. Specifically, "I need the mathematical analysis worksheet to verify the numbers.." Response: "We don't have that." Then: "I need the calibration curve report so that I can do my own mathematical verification..." Response: "We use single point calibration." The most concerning statement was that they just have "the machine do the numbers." To the analyst's credit he does not write the regulations, he is responsive and direct in telling me what the lab can and can't provide but my job is not to make nice nice, my job is to get the data, analyze the data and render a professional opinion to my client as to its validity. Clearly it is time for all us Americans to demand better in our labs. It is time to educate the judges so they don&#