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Management of refined and personalized newborn blood specimen collection [PDF]

Practical Laboratory Medicine
Background: 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, Yu-Bin Lin, Jin-Hua Chen, Min Zhu, Li-Jin Chen, Wang Ye, Lin-Hua Luo, Hui-ming Ye   +7 more
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Clinical application of a fully automated blood collection robot and its assessment of blood collection quality of anticoagulant specimens

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
Background and objectivesTo investigate the application of intelligent puncture blood collection robots in anticoagulated blood specimens, the satisfaction of subjects with the two blood collection methods, and the feasibility of intelligent blood ...
Chong Wang, Meixiu Gu, Jie Zhu, Shuo Yang, Wenjia Tang, Zizhong Liu, Baishen Pan, Beili Wang, Wei Guo, Wei Guo, Wei Guo, Wei Guo   +11 more
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Paired Capillary and Venous Serum Specimen Agreement for Protein Biomarker Measurements and Risk Category Outputs in a Multi-Cancer Early Detection Tool [PDF]

Diagnostics
Background: Capillary blood sampling may improve access to multi-cancer early detection (MCED) by enabling less invasive and more decentralized specimen collection.
Hsin-Yao Wang, Wan-Ying Lin, Chenfei Zhou, Jennifer Q. L. Xu, Zayd Anwar, Jia-Ruei Yu, Michael S. Lebowitz   +6 more
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Evaluation of Specimen Types for Pima CD4 Point-of-Care Testing: Advantages of Fingerstick Blood Collection into an EDTA Microtube. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
INTRODUCTION:Effective point-of-care testing (POCT) is reliant on optimal specimen collection, quality assured testing, and expedited return of results.
Luciana Kohatsu, Omotayo Bolu, Mary E Schmitz, Karen Chang, Ruth Lemwayi, Nichole Arnett, Michael Mwasekaga, John Nkengasong, Fausta Mosha, Larry E Westerman   +9 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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Fasting state requirements for blood sampling: a survey of patients in Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]

Medicinski Glasnik, 2021
Aim To explore patient’s awareness and appliance of the fasting state requirements for blood sampling. Methods This observational survey was performed at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology Diagnostics, Cantonal Hospital Zenica, from
Damira Kadić, Aida Avdagić-Ismić, Sabaheta Hasić, Ferhana Bošnjak   +3 more
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Pitfalls in Collecting Blood Specimens for Antibiotic Assay [PDF]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1979
Obtaining blood samples for antibiotic analysis from intravenous lines through which the antibiotic had been administered was critically evaluated. Flushing volumes required to remove contaminating antibiotic varied with the type of antibiotic and with different plastics.
S, Sirinavin, J D, Nelson, G H, McCracken   +2 more
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Understanding Solid-Based Platelet-Rich Fibrin Matrices in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: An Integrative Review of the Critical Protocol Factors and Their Influence on the Final Product

Medicina, 2023
Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) is a second-generation platelet concentrate whose use in clinical practice has been widely disseminated. This has led to the development of several commercial protocols, creating great confusion as to the terminology and ...
Ángel-Orión Salgado-Peralvo, Naresh Kewalramani, Alba Pérez-Jardón, Jesús Pato-Mourelo, Adriana Castro-Calderón, Lorenzo Arriba-Fuente, Mario Pérez-Sayáns   +6 more
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Blood Collection Workload and Safety of Medical Technologists at Korean Hospitals

Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science, 2023
This study investigates the current situation of medical technologists for blood collection, which is considered the most important step for diagnosis. The survey enrolled 650 medical technologists working in hospitals and medical check centers in Busan,
Sung-Bae PARK, Suk JEKAL, Weon Joo HWANG, Do Wang LEE, Choong Won SEO, Sunghyun KIM   +5 more
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Optimising courier specimen collection time improves patient access to HIV viral load testing in South Africa

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, Thomas Crompton, Naseem Cassim, Floyd Olsen, Portia Sejake, Karidia Diallo, Leigh Berrie, Dorman Chimhamhiwa, Wendy Stevens, Brooke Nichols   +9 more
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