Are these wards where they give regular IV infusions? Or have high patient turnover?
Are these samples being taken from IV cannula's (when first inserted) as is a common problem from ED?
Atul
Dr Atul Goyale BM (Hons) MRCP (UK)
ST8 in Chemical Pathology and Metabolic Medicine
Royal Free Hospital
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From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Kay
Sent: 19 October 2016 16:21
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Subject: Re: Increased haemolysis rates
Any suspicion they’re using syringes and needles?
One of our Registrars once went to observe procedures to work out why this was happening. This either succeeded or failed because the haemolysis immediately stopped.
Jonathan
> On 19 Oct 2016, at 16:16, Philip R Wenham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear colleagues
>
> We appear to be experiencing greater than usual haemolysis rates from some ward based locations in samples collected into BD SST and PST blood tubes. To clarify, I do not include the ED, where known issues have been well reported previously.
>
> Has anyone encountered this problem recently and if so did they find a solution?
>
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