title: Training anesthesia personnel to perform bleeding times.
abstract: Template bleeding time results generated by residents in anesthesiology correlate well with those obtained by trained laboratory personnel (p less than 0.002). Anesthesia personnel can accurately perform bleeding time tests when laboratory support is not available. The results of these tests can be used to guide clinical decisions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Virginia Mason Clinic, Seattle, WA 98111.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kopacz
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Gibbs
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology; D001760:Bleeding Time; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007753:Laboratories; D000078329:Workforce