App for preventing preanalytical errors in blood gas testing, 9/13
Radiometer America offers its “Avoid Errors” application for the iPhone. The app allows users to identify typical preanalytical errors in blood gas testing. The content of the “Avoid Errors” application is threefold, with tips on how to prevent errors, a troubleshooting section, and a skill test. A handbook section in the app contains videos that show how to properly collect a blood gas sample by arterial puncture, through an arterial line, or by capillary sampling. The handbook also describes several