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Table 1 Measures to spare patient blood

From: Savoring every drop – Vampire or Mosquito?

Phlebotomy losses

Coagulation management

Further approaches

• Quantify sampling volume and frequency

• Maintain optimal hemostatic conditions (pH, Ca2+, and temperature)

• Non-invasive monitoring

• Critically assess parameters ordered

• Algorithm-based hemotherapy

• Citrate-anticoagulated dialysis

• Microchemistry techniques, possibly pediatric vials

• Cell salvage

• Point-of-care bedside tests

• Education and checklists

• In-line blood sampling devices