Table 2.
Number of tubes and drawn volumes (Real Standard Tubes vs Simulated Low-Volume Tubes).
|
Tubes |
Standard Tubes |
Low Volume Tubes |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n. (%) | (mL/tube) | total mL (%) | (mL/tube) | total mL (%) | |
| Full Blood Count | 711 (10.7) | 3.0 |
2133 (12.7) | 1.2 | 853.2 (7.6) |
| Coagulation | 908 (13.6) | 2.7 |
2451.6 (14.6) | 1.4 | 1271.2 (11.4) |
| Clinical chemistry | 1294 (19.4) | 5.0 |
6470 (38.5) | 2.7 | 3493.8 (31.2) |
| Blood gases | 3431 (51.5) | 1.0 | 3431 (20.4) | 1.0 | 3431 (30.6) |
| Othersa | 314 (4.8) | -- | 2300.4 (13.8) | -- | 2153.8 (19.2) |
| Total | 6658 (100) | -- | 16786 (100) | -- | 11203 (100) |
a
i.e. Blood cultures, infectious tests and other clinical chemistry tests performed with additional tubes.