Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
An assisted blood draw
English answer:
A blood draw performed by another person
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Yaniv Moshkovitz
Jan 12, 2016 16:13
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English term
Assisted blood draws
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Medical
Medical: Instruments
Hi everyone,
Could someone please explain what 'assisted' means in the above phrase? It appears in an instructional insert of a lancing device.
Thank you.
Could someone please explain what 'assisted' means in the above phrase? It appears in an instructional insert of a lancing device.
Thank you.
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Jan 12, 2016 16:15: Yaniv Moshkovitz changed "Field (write-in)" from "Forex" to "(none)"
Jan 14, 2016 11:05: Yaniv Moshkovitz changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/768676">Yaniv Moshkovitz's</a> old entry - "Assisted blood draws"" to ""A blood draw performed by another person""
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Akhil Kumar
India
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A blood draw performed by other person
Here, this guideline is for people (as mentioned healthcare providers etc.) who are providing services to other people in which blood draw is involved to take care of some points while using this device.
What I think is, guideline is cautioning the people who are using the device for business means they are providing services like blood test in which blood draws using this device is involved. For example, at one place the only point to take care of is, use different lancet each time performing a blood draw.
With thanks to Helena and Charles for clarifying more concretely,
"Diabetics usually test their blood themselves, without anyone's help. However, on other occasions, a doctor or nurse draws a patient's blood."
"Diabetics regularly use a fingerstick to take a blood sample and a home blood meter to check their blood glucose. Since the lancet they use is only used on themselves there's no risk of cross-infection. But assisted blood drawing, performed by a healthcare professional (cf. assisted suicide), runs the risk of the same lancet or fingerstick being used on more than one person. That's what it's about."
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Note added at 1 day15 hrs (2016-01-14 08:12:28 GMT)
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Sorry for being late, as I was away.
What I think is, guideline is cautioning the people who are using the device for business means they are providing services like blood test in which blood draws using this device is involved. For example, at one place the only point to take care of is, use different lancet each time performing a blood draw.
With thanks to Helena and Charles for clarifying more concretely,
"Diabetics usually test their blood themselves, without anyone's help. However, on other occasions, a doctor or nurse draws a patient's blood."
"Diabetics regularly use a fingerstick to take a blood sample and a home blood meter to check their blood glucose. Since the lancet they use is only used on themselves there's no risk of cross-infection. But assisted blood drawing, performed by a healthcare professional (cf. assisted suicide), runs the risk of the same lancet or fingerstick being used on more than one person. That's what it's about."
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Note added at 1 day15 hrs (2016-01-14 08:12:28 GMT)
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Sorry for being late, as I was away.
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Comment: "Thank you very much Akhil!"
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gultekinmurat
Türkiye
Türkiye
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Native in: Turkish
Works in: English to Turkish, Turkish to English, English
supported / backed up /helped
supported/backed up blood draws
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philgoddard
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Akhil Kumar
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For some reason I missed that answer. Akhil, could you provide an answer so I can give you KudoZ points?
Thanks,
Yaniv
Thank you very much for your help, I appreciate it.
What I want to understand is what 'assisted blood draws' are. In other words, what is the difference between ordinary blood draws and assisted blood draws?
Thank you.
Yaniv
Diabetics regularly use a fingerstick to take a blood sample and a home blood meter to check their blood glucose. Since the lancet they use is only used on themselves there's no risk of cross-infection. But assisted blood drawing, performed by a healthcare professional (cf. assisted suicide), runs the risk of the same lancet or fingerstick being used on more than one person. That's what it's about.
http://www.cdc.gov/injectionsafety/blood-glucose-monitoring....
What is the difference between “self-monitoring of blood glucose” (SMBG) and “assisted monitoring of blood glucose” (AMBG)?
http://www.cdc.gov/injectionsafety/providers/blood-glucose-m...
What I think is, guideline is cautioning the people who are using the device for business means they are providing services like blood test in which blood draws using this device is involved. For example, at one place the only point to take care of is use different lancet each time performing a blood draw.
"Labels include instructions that the device should not be used for assisted blood draws by healthcare providers in settings such as long-term-care, assisted living facilities, clinics and health fairs, and should not be shared among more than one person." But they never explain what "assisted" means.
I also found a couple of hits for "ultrasound-assisted blood draws".