Capillary Sample
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Heel Sticks: eMedicine Clinical Procedures
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Heel stick is a minimally invasive and easily accessible way to obtain capillary blood samples for various laboratory tests. Capillary blood samples from heel sticks have long been used for obtaining newborn screens and glucose levels. However, ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 16, 2010 at 3:36 am By:
Heel sticks are often performed on newborns for blood samples. What tests are done using a heel stick? http://bit.ly/aVfulu
Glucose tests skewed after handling fruit | 6minutes
6minutes.com.au — “Blood glucose levels may be widely overestimated if capillary blood samples from a fingerprick test are taken after eating or peeling fruit, a new study shows.” View full resource at 6minutes.com.au
Most Recently Shared on February 2, 2011 at 2:56 am By:
A cautionary tale: "Glucose levels void after handling fruit http://bit.ly/h8bALE" wonder how many pregnant women have had this happen?
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