Vacuum-venipuncture skills: Time required and importance of tube order

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 457-464

  Fujii, Chieko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood collection; Blood collection tube; Clinical practice; Venipuncture skill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD COLLECTION TIME; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE ORDER; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMERA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NEEDLE HOLDER; NEEDLE INSERTION; NURSING COMPETENCE; STANDARDIZATION; VACUUM VENIPUNCTURE SKILL; VEIN PUNCTURE; VIDEORECORDING;

BLOOD COLLECTION; BLOOD-COLLECTION TUBE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; VENIPUNCTURE SKILL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEEDLES; PHLEBOTOMY; REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VACUUM; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84889824942     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/VHRM.S49702     Document Type: Article

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