Correct venous blood specimen collection for increased patient safety

Impact of a short large-scale educational intervention program on venous blood specimen collection practices

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN33432938

Enrollment

163

Registered

2013-04-30

Start date

2007-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Venous blood specimen collection practices Not Applicable

Interventions

The demand for an educational intervention program arose after our reports of sub-standard venous blood specimen collection guideline adherence. The Västerbotten County Council executive board therefo

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for both groups were set to phlebotomists working at PHCs and having answered questionnaire in 2007. Intervention group: Male and female, age range 28-65 Control group: age range 38-70

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Questions and items with missing answers were excluded from the analysis

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The validated venous blood specimen collection questionnaire including questions about background characteristics, patient identification, specimen collection, sample storage, information search procedures, test request management, and test-tube labelling.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Low-level haemolysis. Haemolysis reflects a blood specimen quality and is used in a follow-up study.	—

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026