https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/clinical-discussions/22811/performing-venipunctureWondering if you guys have any links that i could use. Most of the vets where i work like to use an insulin needle and syringe to draw blood from cats and small dogs, we only need 0.5ml for our analyser. To decant the blood into a tube or into the ien-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/146253?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:31:50 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:8b8cd059-1a09-4aac-86e2-39ea23658847Celine<p>Why don&#39;t you contact ISTAT to ask what they suggest and if they would be concerned about he quality of the sample? Having that definitive &quot;voice from above&quot; giving the final say is usually the only way to settle something like this.</p> <p>However I agree with Sal - this may be a case of picking your battles, save your energy for the big stuff....</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/146240?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:47:09 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:cdd8c7a2-1559-4b9c-ab9c-562ed8c03ffeSal the 1st<p>I dont see any point in battling over it. Until a good comparison has been run and both results compared it sounds like you will have difficulty proving anything - When somebody has decided something my experience has been that no amount of paperwork is going to alter that, but hard physical, in front of your eyes evidence might - or might not and may even surprise you. Maybe get somebody who is used to running it &#39;their way&#39; to do that part of the comparison if they are more familiar with their method (quicker) they may not get the clotting problem you experienced?</p> <p>I trialled a couple of the animal specific glucometers some years back after a rep told me how bad I was for using a human glucometer and guess what there was no appreciable difference in the readings they gave, and both of them read lower when compared to the same sample run on the vet test by about 0.5 mmol (which when I contacted the manufacturer is actually what they are supposed to do &nbsp;so the diabetic using them gets an earlier warning that they are running low and more chance to do something about it)&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/146239?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:51:59 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:c8b6cc6b-22bf-4e08-9a01-189eaea1e3a5Shoned Hawksworth<p>I did kind of did that, the insulin syringe went wrong (due to clotting as it took too long to snap the top off, and bubbles and inadequate sized drops) so it had to be repeated i used a 1ml and it was fine, but they have been using the i-STAT like this for a while, i am concerned about the results - but i don&#39;t want to waste the cartridges (to be honest we don&#39;t see that many cats and dogs so it doesn&#39;t get used all that often)</p> <p>You know what vets and VA&#39;s who are set in their ways are like though, they need some kind of definitive proof in order to change their minds - its an up hill battle <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Angry_smiley.png" alt="Angry" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/146238?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:42:28 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:f6101ee0-68d1-406e-8f10-1ffe05c68a2dSal the 1st<p>how about running your own comparison? 2 samples from same animal one taken your way and one taken their way and see if there is any difference?&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>