A new device to relieve venipuncture pain can affect haematology test results

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a,b,c   Lippi, Giuseppe ^d   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Campelo, Marise Danielle Raulino ^c   Tajra, Katharyne Soares Adala ^c   Dos Santos Gomes, Flavio ^c   Valentim, Carlos David ^c   Romano, Sylvio José Colonna ^c   Picheth, Geraldo ^b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c Clinical Laboratory Bioanalise   (Brazil)

^d ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood specimen collection; Laboratory error; Phlebotomy; Preanalytical variability; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSILLUMINATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 84893898572     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2013.0002-13     Document Type: Article

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