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Comparative Study
. 1974 Nov;27(11):869-74.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.27.11.869.

Capillary blood collection in haematology

J Stuart, B A Barrett, D R Prangnell
Comparative Study

Capillary blood collection in haematology

J Stuart et al. J Clin Pathol. 1974 Nov.

Abstract

A capillary blood collection technique which facilitates the estimation of routine haematological parameters, including platelet count and sedimentation rate, is described. The technique requires 0.5 ml of blood, allows closer reproducibility than pipette collection methods, is suitable for monitoring blood counts in patients receiving cytotoxic agents, and can be integrated with semi-and fully-automated production lines.

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