The effect of blood-drawing techniques and equipment on the hemolysis of ED laboratory blood samples [2]

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 106-108

  Tanabe, Paula ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEEL;

AGE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEEDLE; NURSING; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1942517882     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2004.01.003     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Tanabe P, Kyriacou DN, Garland F. Factors affecting the risk of blood bank specimen hemolysis. Acad Emerg Med 2003;10: 897-900.
2. Schwarzer BA, McWilliams L, Devine K, Sesok-Pizzini DA. Increased number of hemolyzed specimens from the emergency department and labor and delivery with use of IV safety catheters. Transfusion 2001;41:138S-9S.
3. Kennedy C, Angermuller S, King R, et al. A comparison of hemolysis rates using intravenous catheters versus venipuncture tubes for obtaining blood samples. J Emerg Nurs 1996;22:566-9.
4. Burns E, Yoshikawa N. Hemolysis in serum samples drawn by emergency department personnel versus laboratory phlebotomists. Lab Med 2002;33:378-80.