Quality laboratory outcomes.
The effects of time and temperature on blood glucose levels of samples drawn in the home setting were examined. Home healthcare nurses should deliver blood samples drawn by venipuncture in the most time-efficient manner to the nearest laboratory.
Joyce-Nagata
B
B
Lewis
K
K
D001786:Blood Glucose; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
D001786:Blood Glucose