Background. Reliable reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)–based diagnosis of Ebola virus infection currently requires a blood sample obtained by intravenous puncture. During the ...

The specimen of choice that enables the collection of small blood volumes from neonatal or critically ill patients is a capillary blood specimen. This specimen type has gained favour with many ...

Thanks to the increasing availability of point-of-care (POC) testing, the use of capillary blood (fingerstick) sampling worldwide is growing. Anemia affects around 25% of the global population. Its ...

New data suggest that blood glucose monitoring systems that rely on capillary samples may not be as accurate as arterial or venous sampling when used in patients receiving intensive medical ...

A new finger prick test claims to detect Alzheimer’s with 91% accuracy using p-tau217 biomarkers. Learn how this accessible ...