I agree with Peter's comments about nurses and HO's taking blood. There are
of course exceptions. Nonetheless, I always get mine taken by a phlebotomist
employed by the lab... Usually a first time hit on my now quite difficult
veins and they do put the samples in the right tubes. Besides which, using
them to collect my own clinical samples shows trust and solidarity.
Robert Forrest
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Sent: 25 November 2004 09:05
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Subject: Re: Haemolysed A/E samples
We see this as well. I am surprised its as low as 8%. The JHO's do the A/E
bloods and phlebotomists the routine ward bloods. JHO's ability to take
bloods has diminished markedly here and no-one formally teaches them. Look
at how lots of nurses take bloods...it will frighten you. Same resons apply.
>>> Ian Barlow <[log in to unmask]> 11/25/04 08:51am >>>
Dear colleagues,
A relatively high proportion (8.5%) of our A/E samples are haemolysed. In
contrast only 2.5% of routine ward samples are haemolysed.
Is this due to the collapsed nature of the patients, poor venesection
techniques or are there other explanations?
I seem to remember this being discussed previously - were there any
conclusions/explanations?
Best wishes,
Ian Barlow
Scunthorpe
UK
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