The rate of hemolysis of blood specimens is influenced by patient type (ie. 10-12% emergency patients; 1.5-2% medical wards) and whether laboratory trained phlebotomists (0.5-2%) or nurses (2-10% ...

Image Credit: Nova Biomedical Smallest blood sample The StatStrip biosensors use only a small amount of the blood needed by other point-of-care devices that quantify only hemoglobin or lactate and ...

The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) recently published "Validation and Verification of Tubes for Venous and Capillary Blood Specimen Collection; Approved Guideline" (GP34-A). This ...

Capillary device supports in-office blood collection in diverse practice locations without the need for venipuncture November 14, 2023 06:00 AM Eastern Standard Time ...

At that time both capillary and venous blood specimens were taken and each was analyzed by Folin 1,3 and Somogyi-Nelson 4–6 methods. Urine-sugar determinations were made by both the bismuth ...

BD will begin working with Babson Diagnostics to help bring its lab-quality device for collecting blood from capillaries into pharmacies and retail settings. The small-volume device, currently ...

BD and Babson’s collaboration began in 2016 with the latter’s launch, which was also backed by Siemens Healthineers. Now, their work on capillary blood testing has evolved into a strategic ...

Original Article Published: 27 February 2002 Comparison of Capillary Blood Sampling Using an Automated Incision Device With and Without Warming the Heel Marianne Janes RN, MHSc, Janet Pinelli RN ...