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  1. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    No labs will be forthcoming if the sample is grossly hemolyzed. Regardless if the patient is sent to cath lab or not.
  2. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    ENA, the Emergency Nurses Association in Des Plaines Illinois, revised a TIP's sheet publishing in late 2013 that is aimed at reducing hemolysis in peripherally drawn blood samples. In the Supporting Rationale section the first listing reads "Multip...
  3. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    "This is just one of those "urban legends" that persist in nursing." Plus see Clinical Biochemistry (2012) 45 1012-1032[COLOR=#2f2777], One of the countless published studies addressing hemolysis in ED's IV lab draws worldwide. The Journal of Emerge...
  4. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    Have you ever heard of the Journal of Emergency Nursing? They published a study in 2012 addressing the high rates of hemolysis occurring when obtaining labs during IV placement.
  5. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    Thank you for pointing out the importance of hemolysis in lab tests. Outpatient centers do usually arrange for their own recollects. The story you tell of all the patients with critical (6.4) potassiums you see come into ER is really different. La...
  6. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    Outpatients do occasionally need to be recollected due to hemolysis. You never hear about it, because the lab takes care of calling their own redraws back. It might be a HIPPA violation for this data to be published. Tubes for most chemistry tests ar...
  7. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    It takes much more work to reject a sample due to hemolysis, than to run one and release the questionable results.
  8. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    Your residency doc who says they line/lab draw (all in one stick) everywhere would do well to be informed that the problem of hemolysis using this method exists EVERYWHERE. From San Fransisco to New, New York; Weslaco, Texas to Detroit, Michigan and...