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1. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

   e102587 replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   No labs will be forthcoming if the sample is grossly hemolyzed. Regardless if the patient is sent to cath lab or

2. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

   e102587 replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   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...

3. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

   e102587 replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   "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...

4. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

   e102587 replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   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

5. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

   e102587 replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   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)...

6. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

   e102587 replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   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...

7. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

   e102587 replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   It takes much more work to reject a sample due to hemolysis, than to run one and release the questionable

8. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

   e102587 replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   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,...