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Evaluation of a new venous catheter blood draw device and its impact on specimen hemolysis rates

OBJECTIVES: Blood collections from peripheral intravenous catheters offer several benefits to patients, including reduced needle punctures and patient discomfort, but they risk reducing the quality of blood specimens analyzed by the laboratory. In an effort to balance analytical quality of test resu...

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Autores principales: Natali, Ruth, Wand, Cara, Doyle, Kelly, Noguez, Jaime H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5766746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plabm.2018.01.002