Skills and development workshop organized a scientific lecture for students of the medical group set up by the College of Dentistry University of Basrah in cooperation with the Al-Nabad Foundation for International Medical Training and Development / Jordan Medical Research and Training Center on the latest medical updates related to the blood draw process.
The lecture delivered by Dr. Laith Al-Nuaimi included the publication of the latest medical updates related to the process of drawing blood (using a butterfly) because of the major and critical role this process plays in the results of laboratory tests and the diagnosis of diseases.
The lecture referred to a study presented by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) that most cases of misdiagnosis of diseases are caused by wrong laboratorial test results as a result of the wrong blood drawing process.
Doctor Laith mentioned the most common mistakes in the process of drawing blood, represented by sterilization once or sterilization with one swab by hand, and the adoption of syringe drawing for tests that require pure plasma, and this Is what cannot be obtained using syringes.
