A prospective assessment of the time required to obtain one unit of fresh whole blood by civilian phlebotomists and Army laboratory technicians (68  K)

CONCLUSIONS: We found a high first intravenous cannulation attempt success among both the civilian and Army technicians. Medians times were <5 min to obtain venipuncture and <11 min to obtain one unit. These findings provide time-based benchmarks for potential use during transfusion training among military medics.PMID:37066994 | DOI:10.1111/trf.17341

Source: Transfusion - April 17, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Fabiola Mancha Jessica Mendez Michael D April Andrew D Fisher Ronnie Hill James Bynum Andrew P Cap Jason B Corley Steven G Schauer Source Type: research