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FedBizOpps Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice

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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice Rev. March 2010 Automated Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Analyzer and Supplies.

19320 36C24418Q9647 09-26-2018 N 334516 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 4 Attn: Benjamin Villasenor 20 Montchanin Rd Greeneville DE 19807 Benjamin Villasenor

302.994.2511 Ext. 7501

benjamin.villasenor@va.gov VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15215 15215 United States benjamin.villasenor@va.gov The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is seeking an automated ESR analyzer. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), or the SED rate, is a simple, nonspecific marker of underlying inflammation. It is often used to screen patients with fevers of undetermined origin, arthritis, muscle pains, and other vague symptoms. ESR testing is specifically indicated for certain conditions: to monitor rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis, and systemic lupus erythematosus; and to diagnose and monitor giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica. An elevated ESR may also be associated with many other conditions, including other autoimmune disease, anemia, infection, and malignancy.

See attached document: 36C24418Q9647_1 RFQ.

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