Said: : "Interesting, Debra. I'd bet you're right; the docs may be performing this on IO but lab is not aware. C/W the prevalent attitude of "I'll decide whether it's right or not" that most physicians espouse, lol."

Said: : "The way I understand it, IO is quicker than arterial. My management has reached out to several pediatric hospitals and so far the answer is NO to IO, but only a few heard from. The trauma docs have received word (from other trauma docs) f...

Said: : "Just throwing this out there (because I have no knowledge of what pediatric trauma is like)...I can understand why venous access could be compromised in a trauma situation, but isn't arterial an option? Can't you, in any situation, obtai...

Said: : "We have had this issue before, typically they put OTHR in as a sample type and we catch it that way but not always. We tell them it is not allowed for the same reasons as Deanna stated; it's not the same as circulating blood, especially ...

Said: : "IO samples are different from venous blood. If they are using EZIO, the vendor has a white paper which states how the samples differ from venous blood. The biggest Chemistry differences are NA and K. Hematology is where it is really sca...