The effective reduction of tourniquet application time after minor modification of the CLSI H03-A6 blood collection procedure

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 308-315

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Phlebotomy; Practice guidelines; Preanalytical phase; Tourniquets; Venous stasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLSI H03 A6 BLOOD COLLECTION PROCEDURE; HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; HUMAN; PHLEBOTOMIST; PHLEBOTOMY; TOURNIQUET; TRAINING; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885082347     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2013.037     Document Type: Article

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