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Inclusion and exclusion criteria
| Manual exclusions |
| Poor quality |
| Insufficient blood volume |
| Automated exclusions |
| Minors |
| No signed consent to treatment form (includes the emergency department) |
| Samples from individuals who opted out |
| Non-Vanderbilt samples |
| Duplicate samples |
| A percentage randomly selected |
