The selection and design of blood collection tubes have emerged as critical factors in clinical chemistry, influencing both the integrity of analytes and the efficiency of laboratory workflows. Modern ...

The specimen of choice that enables the collection of small blood volumes from neonatal or critically ill patients is a capillary blood specimen. This specimen type has gained favour with many ...

Background: Studies measuring human growth hormone (hGH) in blood during exercise have mainly used venous sampling. The invasive nature of this procedure makes evaluation of hGH impossible in various ...