PREAMBLE : Avoid patients having to give an inordinate amount of blood. Little children be get tested without being scared. Current Status : Research has shown that sometimes the blood drawn from patients may be in excess of 45 times the volume than is necessary. The requirement of blood volume for a particular test will depend on the technique used.
The different medical institutions can have different methods to test for the same parameter, and accordingly volume of blood needed can vary from institution to institution. With the advent of modern chip technology for pathological testing, the volume of blood required for battery of tests has come down drastically. However, despite these developments there is a lack of guidelines about how much blood should be withdrawn for a particular test. When the benefit of technology is not made use of, the system falters on deciding about volume…
