From: https://www.oha.com/news/a-common-sense-approach-to-bloodwork
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is reducing the amount of blood it collects for testing, reducing hospital patient strain and demand on donated blood products.
While bloodwork provides crucial information to help guide treatment, losing too much blood can increase the risk of anemia, a shortage of red blood cells, and blood transfusion.
The new approach is simple: replace standard blood test vials with smaller tubes that draw less blood. These tubes are routinely used for children in hospital, but have never been widely used in adults.
- Dr. Jeannie Callum, Director of Transfusion Medicine for KHSC