yentingyenta -“oh come one health. i agreed with on something, thats not good enough?”
Oh, you finally agreed with me on something -I should make a Shecheeyunoo!
“but if a peds tube gets enough blood for lab results, why would the lab scream exactly?”
Because it takes a longer technique to process those tubes. So to do it correctly (by butterfly usage) you’d always have to send the mini-tubes to the lab and they’d freak out because you are constantly giving them more work than needed. So therefore I don’t even use those mini-tubes, except in rare situations, eg. babies, elderly which are very difficult sticks, etc.
“i did Google it but didn’t get the results i wanted. how much smaller are the peds tubes than adult tubes?”
Much smaller. Search BD microtainers & microcuvettes. If this isn’t good enough ask your pediatrician, if you still use one, even if you don’t, I’m sure your siblings have one, next time you go to him/her to show you what they are.