WAYNE, PA--(Marketwire - October 01, 2008) - Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) recently published an updated standard, Procedures and Devices for the Collection of Diagnostic Capillary Blood Specimens; Approved Standard--Sixth Edition (H04-A6), which provides a technique for the collection of diagnostic capillary blood specimens, including recommendations for collection sites and specimen handling and identification. Specifications for disposable devices used to collect, process, and transfer diagnostic capillary blood specimens are also included.
