A NOVEL EIGHTEEN GAUGE WHOLE BLOOD COLLECTION NEEDLE

A Novel Needle-Free Blood Draw Device for Sample Collection From Short Peripheral Catheters

A new US Food and Drug Administration-cleared needleless blood collection device (PIVO; Velano Vascular, San Francisco, CA) for short peripheral catheters was compared with conventional venipuncture for collecting blood samples for routine laboratory analysis from adult healthy volunteers. The PIVO device was comparable with venipuncture in terms of providing high-integrity samples (no hemolysi...

Iron depletion by whole-blood donation harms menstruating females: the current whole-blood-collection paradigm needs to be changed.

Collection and storage of leukocyte depleted whole blood in autologous blood predeposit in elective surgery programs.

INTRODUCTION The aim of this investigation was to provide evidence that leukocyte depleted whole blood meets the requirements for transfusion of the European Council and thus may be an alternative to leukocyte and plasma depleted packed red blood cells in autologous blood predeposit for patients undergoing elective surgery programs. MATERIAL AND METHODS Standard units of 450mL blood were coll...

A headspace needle-trap method for the analysis of volatile organic compounds in whole blood.

Needle trap devices (NTDs) are a relatively new and promising tool for headspace (HS) analysis. In this study, a dynamic HS sampling procedure is evaluated for the determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in whole blood samples. A full factorial design was used to evaluate the influence of the number of cycles and incubation time and it is demonstrated that the controlling factor in t...

Emergency whole-blood use in the field: a simplified protocol for collection and transfusion.

Military experience and recent in vitro laboratory data provide a biological rationale for whole-blood use in the treatment of exsanguinating hemorrhage and have renewed interest in the reintroduction of fresh whole blood and cold-stored whole blood to patient care in austere environments. There is scant evidence to support, in a field environment, that a whole blood-based resuscitation strateg...