title: [Pneumatic tube net conveying systems in the hospital environment].
abstract: The primary aim for having recourse to a pneumatic tube net to convey blood samples, is to shorten the turn around time in which transport delay is the major issue: this represents the logical answer to this question, as opposed to point of care testing. It also permits saving in transport personnel. It is of the highest importance of having recourse only to a high quality equipment (robust, reliable) likely to face the heavy workload occurring in a hospital environment, avoiding the use of light structures primarily designed for cash remittance. Implanting such a net in newly constructed structures is generally easy, while connecting the net into old buildings might meet some space limiting difficulties. Detailed prior planning of the network is a major issue for success.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris. chsachs@neuf.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sachs
mesh_terms: D001800:Blood Specimen Collection; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*