title: Quality laboratory outcomes.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Joyce-Nagata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose