Volume 1•Issue 1

Venepuncture is traditionally considered the gold standard for blood sample collection and remains one of the most common procedures in clinical practice. However, the need for specialised personnel and resources is a limiting factor that affects the ...

Aim: To evaluate the analytical comparability of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) in capillary blood samples collected using serum separator tubes compared with venous reference standards. Background: Advances in at-home blood ...

Aim: Self-collected capillary blood offers several advantages over phlebotomy samples. However, evidence that venous and capillary serum are comparable for many routine analytes is limited. In this study, we aimed to determine whether capillary sampling ...