scholarly journals The Clinical Significance of Patient Specimen Transport Modality: Pneumatic Tube System Impact on Blood Gas Analytes

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Carabini ◽  
J. Nouriel ◽  
R. D. Milian ◽  
E. R. Glogovsky ◽  
R. J. McCarthy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Significance ◽  
Blood Gas ◽  
Tube System ◽  
Pneumatic Tube ◽  
Specimen Transport ◽  
Patient Specimen ◽  
Pneumatic Tube System ◽  
System Impact

scholarly journals The Clinical Significance of Patient Specimen Transport Modality: Pneumatic Tube System Impact on Blood Gas Analytes

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 1311-1315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louanne M Carabini ◽  
Jacob Nouriel ◽  
Ricardo Diaz Milian ◽  
Erin R Glogovsky ◽  
Robert J McCarthy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Significance ◽  
Blood Gas ◽  
Tube System ◽  
Pneumatic Tube ◽  
Specimen Transport ◽  
Patient Specimen ◽  
Pneumatic Tube System ◽  
System Impact

scholarly journals Changes in blood gas samples produced by a pneumatic tube system

2002 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
P O Collinson ◽  
C M John ◽  
D C Gaze ◽  
L F Ferrigan ◽  
D G Cramp
Keyword(s):  
Blood Gas ◽  
Tube System ◽  
Pneumatic Tube ◽  
Pneumatic Tube System

Comparison of pneumatic tube system with manual transport for routine chemistry, hematology, coagulation and blood gas tests

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Pupek ◽  
Beverly Matthewson ◽  
Erin Whitman ◽  
Rachel Fullarton ◽  
Yu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Tests ◽  
Capillary Tube ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Blood Gas ◽  
Tube System ◽  
Pneumatic Tube ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Pneumatic Tube System ◽  
Tube Study

AbstractBackground:The pneumatic tube system (PTS) is commonly used in modern clinical laboratories to provide quick specimen delivery. However, its impact on sample integrity and laboratory testing results are still debatable. In addition, each PTS installation and configuration is unique to its institution. We sought to validate our Swisslog PTS by comparing routine chemistry, hematology, coagulation and blood gas test results and sample integrity indices between duplicate samples transported either manually or by PTS.Methods:Duplicate samples were delivered to the core laboratory manually by human courier or via the Swisslog PTS. Head-to-head comparisons of 48 routine chemistry, hematology, coagulation and blood gas laboratory tests, and three sample integrity indices were conducted on 41 healthy volunteers and 61 adult patients.Results:The PTS showed no impact on sample hemolysis, lipemia, or icterus indices (all p<0.05). Although alkaline phosphatase, total bilirubin and hemoglobin reached statistical significance (p=0.009, 0.027 and 0.012, respectively), all had very low average bias which ranged from 0.01% to 2%. Potassium, total hemoglobin and percent deoxyhemoglobin were statistically significant for the neonatal capillary tube study (p=0.011, 0.033 and 0.041, respectively) but no biases greater than ±4% were identified for these parameters. All observed differences of these 48 laboratory tests were not clinically significant.Conclusions:The modern PTS investigated in this study is acceptable for reliable sample delivery for routine chemistry, hematology, coagulation and blood gas (in syringe and capillary tube) laboratory tests.

Impact of pneumatic tube system transport for the monitoring of heparin therapy

2017 ◽  
Vol 158 ◽  
pp. 35-37
Author(s):  
Aurélien Lebreton ◽  
Alessandro Casini ◽  
Oana Bulla ◽  
Pierre Fontana
Keyword(s):  
Heparin Therapy ◽  
Tube System ◽  
Pneumatic Tube ◽  
Pneumatic Tube System

scholarly journals The effects of transport by pneumatic tube system on blood cell count, erythrocyte sedimentation and coagulation tests

2013 ◽  
pp. 206-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatma Emel Koçak ◽  
Mustafa Yöntem ◽  
Özlem Yücel ◽  
Mustafa Çilo ◽  
Özlem Genç ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Cell ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
Blood Cell Count ◽  
Tube System ◽  
Pneumatic Tube ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation ◽  
Coagulation Tests ◽  
Pneumatic Tube System
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