March 15, 2010 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Using smaller blood tubes decreases the amount of blood collected, does not appear to affect laboratory test results, and reduces the amount of blood drawn overall, ...
Healthcare has grappled with a shortage of sodium citrate blood collection tubes — those with a light blue top — since June 2021. But according to an FDA update earlier this year, all blood collection ...
With the rise of telemedicine, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for the general public to be able to safely and successfully collect samples for testing has been highlighted. To meet ...