Patient harm associated with serial phlebotomy and blood waste in the intensive care unit: A retrospective cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are at high risk of anemia, and phlebotomy is a potentially modifiable source of blood loss. Our objective was to quantify daily phlebotomy volume for ICU patients, including blood discarded as waste during vascular access, and evalua...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Thomas Bodley, Maverick Chan, Olga Levi, Lauren Clarfield, Drake Yip, Orla Smith, Jan O Friedrich, Lisa K Hicks
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0243782&type=printable