Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes to Reduce Transfusions in Intensive Care: The STRATUS Randomized Clinical Trial

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 330; no. 19; pp. 1872 - 1881
• Main Authors: Siegal, Deborah M, Belley-Côté, Emilie P, Lee, Shun Fu, Hill, Stephen, D'Aragon, Frédérick, Zarychanski, Ryan, Rochwerg, Bram, Chassé, Michaël, Binnie, Alexandra, Honarmand, Kimia, Lauzier, François, Ball, Ian, Al-Hazzani, Waleed, Archambault, Patrick, Duan, Erick, Khwaja, Kosar, Lellouche, François, Lysecki, Paul, Marquis, François, Naud, Jean-François, Shahin, Jason, Shea, Jennifer, Tsang, Jennifer L Y, Wang, Han Ting, Crowther, Mark, Arnold, Donald M, Di Sante, Emily, Marfo, Gladys, Kovalova, Tanya, Fonguh, Sylvanus, Vincent, Jessica, Connolly, Stuart J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Association 21.11.2023
• Subjects: Anemia; Anemia - etiology; Anemia - therapy; Blood; Blood Specimen Collection - methods; Blood Transfusion; Caring for the Critically Ill Patient; Collection; COVID-19; Critical Care; Erythrocytes; Female; Hemoglobin; Hemoglobins - analysis; Hospitals; Humans; Intensive care; Intensive Care Units; Laboratories; Laboratory tests; Male; Middle Aged; Online First; Original Investigation; Pandemics; Patients; Population (statistical); Secondary analysis; Test procedures; Testing procedures; Transfusion; Vacuum tubes

Blood collection for laboratory testing in intensive care unit (ICU) patients is a modifiable contributor to anemia and red blood cell (RBC) transfusion. Most blood withdrawn is not required for analysis and is discarded. To determine whether transitioning from standard-volume to small-volume vacuum...