I was working in a specialized lab dealing with coagulation disorders for a decade. Once someone from another lab or doctor’s office called me wanting the fiks analysis (Norwegian spelling).
“Fiks?”, I answered hesitantly, “We don’t have any analysis called that.”
Took me quite a little while to understand it was coagulation factor 9 (F IX). The caller was just as relieved as I when we figured it out.
Submitted by:
Nina M. Schjelderup
Medical Technologist/Scientist
Norway
Nice play of words 🥴 poor nurse who called