Quality impact on diagnostic blood specimen collection using a new device to relieve venipuncture pain

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-241

  Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a,b,c,d   Lippi, Giuseppe ^e   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Picheth, Geraldo ^b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c MERCOSUL Sector Committee of Clinical Analyses and in vitro Diagnostics CSM 20   (Brazil)

^d Brazilian Society of Clinical Analyses on Sao Paulo State   (Brazil)

^e ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical chemistry tests; Laboratory error; Patient safety; Phlebotomy; Preanalytical variability; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; IRON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIOTHYRONINE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UREA; URIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION KIT; CENTRIFUGATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLD; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PAIN; PHLEBOTOMY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; VEIN PUNCTURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84879685476     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: 09740422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12291-013-0319-y     Document Type: Article

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