Specimen Minimum Volume
Specimen Volume Reduction Initiatives at Mayo
January 2011
In the past 10 years, the laboratory staff at Mayo have conducted a number of quality improvement initiatives aimed at reducing blood specimen volume requirements. In this presentation I would like to present a few of them, show where we provide specimen volume requirement information, and discuss the implications of submitting too little specimen to our laboratory.
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- Introduction
- Iatrogenic Anemia
- Adverse Consequences of Anemia
- Specimen Volumes Have Decreased Over Time
- Specimen Volume Reduction Initiatives at Mayo
- Specimen Minimum Volume (SMV) Definitions
- Automated Assay SMV
- Manual Assay SMV
- Locating Minimum Volume on the Test Catalog
- Specimen Minimum Volume
- Comparison to 5 Commercial Labs
- Specimen Volume Review
- 25-OH Vitamin D: Minimum Volume Requirements
- Specimen Required or Minimum Volume
- Specimen Required Field
- Minimum Volume Field
- Submitted Volume
- Questions?
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