Capillary blood sampling increases the risk of preanalytical errors in pediatric hospital care: Observational clinical study.
Henrik HjelmgrenAnna NilssonIda Hed MyrbergNina Andersson-PapadogiannakisBritt-Marie YggeBjörn NordlundPublished in: Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPN (2021)
This new information may help nurses improve their knowledge concerning blood sampling collection in pediatrics. Altogether, this study also indicates that implementing more venous blood sampling and improve the cases of capillary sampling could reduce the number of preanalytical errors in pediatric hospitals.