Federal regulations require all clinical blood specimens (tubes, containers) be labeled with the patient's full name (spelled correctly), sample date, and phlebotomist's initials. If these ...

An estimated 14 billion laboratory tests are ordered annually in the U.S., on top of more than 1 billon COVID-19 tests during the pandemic. With such a large volume of specimens to test and ...

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 ...

This study compares four CVAs for EID using dried blood specimens (DBS) from HIV-1-exposed infants. ... All the statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 13.0 (Chicago, IL).

The U.S. health regulator said on Wednesday it was expanding the medical device shortage list to include all blood specimen collection tubes due to supply challenges led by an increase in demand ...