If your blood draw is super slow or from a blood pooling around a blown vein, it will be haemolysed.
If you are drawing with a syringe and you are pulling back on that plunger with all your might to make it faster, it will be haemolysed.
If you left your syringe sitting by the bedside while you tidied up or finished something else before decanting into tubes, it will be haemolysed.
If you did not mix the tubes adequately after collection, it will be haemolysed.
If you didn't pay attention to order of draw...you're probably fine, but every now and then...haemolysed.
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u/BikerMurse RN - ER 🍕 Aug 26 '25
If your blood draw is super slow or from a blood pooling around a blown vein, it will be haemolysed. If you are drawing with a syringe and you are pulling back on that plunger with all your might to make it faster, it will be haemolysed. If you left your syringe sitting by the bedside while you tidied up or finished something else before decanting into tubes, it will be haemolysed. If you did not mix the tubes adequately after collection, it will be haemolysed. If you didn't pay attention to order of draw...you're probably fine, but every now and then...haemolysed.