Management of refined and personalized newborn blood specimen collection [PDF]
Practical Laboratory MedicineBackground: Iatrogenic blood loss is an important cause of neonatal anemia. In this study, a spreadsheet tool was developed to reduce blood collection, providing a new idea for the prevention of iatrogenic blood loss in newborns.
Hui-Bin Huang +7 more
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Impact of a large-scale educational intervention program on venous blood specimen collection practices. [PDF]
BMC Health Serv Res, 2013 BackgroundPhlebotomy performed with poor adherence to venous blood specimen collection (VBSC) guidelines jeopardizes patient safety and may lead to patient suffering and adverse events.
Bölenius K +5 more
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African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2022 Background: South Africa uses a courier network for transporting specimens to public laboratories. After the daily collection of specimens from the facility by the courier, patients not yet attended to are unlikely to receive same-day blood draws ...
Sarah J. Girdwood +9 more
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Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020 BackgroundInnovative laboratory testing approaches for SARS-CoV-2 infection and immune response are needed to conduct research to establish estimates of prevalence and incidence.
Hall, Eric William +7 more
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Painless Capillary Blood Collection: A Rapid Evaluation of the Onflow Device
Diagnostics, 2023 Blood-based diagnostics are critical for many medical decisions, but mostly rely on venepuncture, which can be inconvenient and painful. The Onflow Serum Gel (Loop Medical SA, Vaud, Lausanne, Switzerland) is a novel blood collection device that utilises ...
Lara Dominique Noble +11 more
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Cardiac puncture blood collection as a practical and biosecure method for post-mortem pathogen detection in pigs [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceLive pig specimen collection can be time-consuming as it may require physical restraining. Non-invasive methods for live animals that don't involve blood spillage are available but some may present limitations of application or pathogen detection ...
Claudio Marcello Melini +3 more
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Quality impact on diagnostic blood specimen collection using a new device to relieve venipuncture pain. [PDF]
Indian J Clin Biochem, 2013 Lima-Oliveira G +5 more
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A Ten-Year Retrospective Review of Medical Records of Patients Admitted with Meningitis or Encephalitis at Five Hospitals in the United States Highlights the Potential for Under-Ascertainment of Invasive Meningococcal Disease [PDF]
PathogensLaboratory confirmation of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) relies on detection of Neisseria meningitidis in a biological specimen. Clinical management guidelines for patients presenting with signs and/or symptoms of meningitis and encephalitis ...
Julio Ramirez +11 more
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Effect of delayed sample draw after blood collection for haemoglobin test in South Korea
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2023 Between April and May 2022, 10 healthy adult non-patients were recruited from Pusan National University Hospital. Venous blood drawn into a syringe was transferred into test tubes with a zero-to-45-minute delay.
Hyerim Kim, Jongmin Kim
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