TPN

Abbreviation Patient Preparation

Total parenteral nutrition: complete nutrition infused into a vein. As with any infusion, do not draw from that arm; the fluid alters results.

Sources

• Clinical Nursing Skills, Chapter 13 Key Terms · OpenStax
• How To Do Venous Blood Sampling (Merck Manual Professional Edition, procedure page) · Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck Manuals)
• 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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