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Optimizing Blood Culture Collection Volumes
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2023ABSTRACT Infection in an immunocompromised person can be a life-threatening emergency. Collection of blood culture specimens is an important method for detecting organisms when infection is suspected. One aspect of proper blood culture collection is obtaining an accurate blood volume in the sample in accordance with the blood culture bottle ...
Leslie, Smith +3 more
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Stabilized dried blood spot collection
Analytical Biochemistry, 2016During the collection phase of the dried blood spot method, practitioners need to ensure that there is no smearing of the blood sample on the filter paper or else readings from it will be invalid. This can be difficult to accomplish in the field if there is relative motion between the site of blood discharge on the finger and the filter paper.
Darren, McMorran +5 more
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Model for blood collections management
Transfusion, 2010BACKGROUND: A typical blood bank gets its major supply of blood from organizing blood donation camps. The quantity of blood collected in the blood donation drives is random and it might be sensible to cut off the supply at some level to reduce the wastages by overcollection.STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: In this paper we introduce two new cutoff level ...
Harshal, Lowalekar, N, Ravichandran
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Sterility of Blood Collection Tubes
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1977Excerpt To the editor: Data in a recent article, "The Microbiology of Evacuated Blood Collection Tubes" (Ann Intern Med86:186-188, 1977), indicated that about 9% of the sterile, yellow-stoppered Va...
T J, Medrek, B C, Wooley
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Noseleutike, 1989
For the correct procedure of vein puncture--to collect blood specimens--it is necessary to keep strictly the rules of securing the safety of patient, the one who collects the specimen and also the specimen. The preparation of the patient for the vein puncture, the using of the correct method and vein, the appropriate time of doing this procedure, the ...
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For the correct procedure of vein puncture--to collect blood specimens--it is necessary to keep strictly the rules of securing the safety of patient, the one who collects the specimen and also the specimen. The preparation of the patient for the vein puncture, the using of the correct method and vein, the appropriate time of doing this procedure, the ...
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2020
Transfusion of blood and its components is an essential part of the modern-day clinical practice with no substitute. Voluntary blood donation is the cornerstone of a safe and adequate supply of blood and blood components. The safest blood donors are voluntary, non-remunerated voluntary donors from known patient’s relatives or else from low-risk ...
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Transfusion of blood and its components is an essential part of the modern-day clinical practice with no substitute. Voluntary blood donation is the cornerstone of a safe and adequate supply of blood and blood components. The safest blood donors are voluntary, non-remunerated voluntary donors from known patient’s relatives or else from low-risk ...
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The Battle over Blood Collection
American Journal of Law & Medicine, 1977AbstractThe struggle for control of this nation's life-giving blood resources was, up until five years ago, largely a private affair between representative organizations of the blood collectors. The system that emerged from that struggle was declared unhealthy by several experts who complained that blood was too often unsafe or unavailable.
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Blood component collection by apheresis
Journal of Clinical Apheresis, 2006Apheresis component collection is a rapidly growing area in the blood collection field. Several instruments with varying capabilities are available. This is a brief review of the equipment available for granulocyte and apheresis component collection and indications for their use.
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Blood sample collection in lizards
Lab Animal, 2007Blood sample collection in lizards is an important technique. This column describes techniques for sample collection from the ventral coccygeal vein and the ventral abdominal vein.
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