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Research funding: None declared.
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Author contributions: The author has accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: Dr. Kavsak has received grants/reagents/consultant/advisor/honoraria from Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Point of Care, Beckman Coulter, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Randox Laboratories, Roche Diagnostics, Quidel, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics and Thermo Fisher Scientific. McMaster University has filed patents with Dr. Kavsak listed as an inventor in the acute cardiovascular biomarker field.
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Informed consent: Not applicable.
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Ethical approval: This study is a quality assurance laboratory study with no patient identifiable information. Ethics approval not required by the Research Ethics Board.
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