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Medical term Routine Blood Collections

Backflow of tube contents into the vein; keeping the arm angled downward while tubes fill prevents it.

Sources

• Nikolac N, Supak-Smolcic V, Simundic AM, Celap I. Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: national recommendations for venous blood sampling (based on CLSI H3-A6). Biochem Med 2013;23(3):242-254 (PMC3900082) · Biochemia Medica via PubMed Central

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