Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 10.27.2021
New studies that find equivalence between venous and finger-stick blood collection could improve diagnostic testing for warfighters in austere environments. Warfighters are often deployed to locations where they risk exposure to rare tropical diseases, emerging viral pathogens, or biological warfare agents. The ability to quickly diagnose an illness at the point of exposure and......
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 10.06.2020
When caring for sick warfighters on the battlefield, medics need to be able to draw blood efficiently and quickly. The volume of blood collected needs to be enough to perform diagnostic tests that identify disease or an exposure to a chemical or biological threat agent, so medics draw blood from the vein to collect the quantity needed. They use many tools: needles, syringes, and test tubes to......
