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500 isn't negligible either, it's the "meh" cutoff.I think you mean 5000, 500 is the negligible cutoff.
You might get 2 lines and 499, try it.
Even the dumbest interns I've worked with never messed up samples (sample swap). The worst we had was a system error registering a large tray of biopsies early, resulting in a queue skip, one cassette didn't get scanned.I used LC/MS/MS in a lab for a while and we were governed pretty strict with EPA GLP (good laboratory practices) regulations. There are similar rules from the FDA as well and by not abiding by them you can get financially fined and criminally charged.
That was picked up my the QC lady really fast and all we had to do was override the assigned IDs.
A system error which was not the fault of any workers.
So yeah, the lab mix up is just a cope, the chances are so low, but I suppose it's not zero and I hope it wasn't an error. This doesn't seem to be the case though.
What's that in terms of these?500mg is 1/1,897,683,120th the weight of a standard NFL football field. Hope this helps.

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