It’s distressing for the patient and perhaps even more distressing for the parents: your child needs a blood test, but the phlebotomist has trouble locating his tiny veins, and is forced to stick him ...

John M. Boyce MD, Jacqueline Nadeau M(ASCP), Diane Dumigan RN, Debra Miller RN CMSRN, Cindy Dubowsky MS, Lenore Reilly RN MS and Carla V. Hannon RN MS Objective. Reduce the frequency of contaminated ...

Six single-caged adult male rhesus monkeys were venipunctured in their homecage and, on a different day, away from their cage in a restraint apparatus. The animals were habituated to both procedures ...

If you need to have a blood draw but don't want to go to the doctor or hospital, you may be wondering if it's possible to do an at home blood draw. The answer is yes, and in this article, we will ...

Modern blood testing is the foundation of clinical screening and decision-making. Timely disease diagnosis, prevention and chronic care management depend on accurate diagnostic testing. More than 7 ...