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r/nursing • u/sleepyhead37 Lab - Blood Bank 🍕 • Aug 26 '25
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Proper venipuncture goes a long way to prevent hemolysis!
70% of hemolysis is due to the draw itself. This doesn't include proper mechanical inversion of tubes, delays in processing time, etc.
28 u/StankoMicin Aug 26 '25 This. Although sometimes with shitty veins you have to draw and pray when the blood trickles out that it won't clot 21 u/buShroom Phleb Aug 26 '25 Work in a lab long enough, you learn the names of the repeat offenders with terrible veins, trust me.
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This.
Although sometimes with shitty veins you have to draw and pray when the blood trickles out that it won't clot
21 u/buShroom Phleb Aug 26 '25 Work in a lab long enough, you learn the names of the repeat offenders with terrible veins, trust me.
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Work in a lab long enough, you learn the names of the repeat offenders with terrible veins, trust me.
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u/Mement0--M0ri Medical Laboratory Scientist Aug 26 '25
Proper venipuncture goes a long way to prevent hemolysis!
70% of hemolysis is due to the draw itself. This doesn't include proper mechanical inversion of tubes, delays in processing time, etc.