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A comment on U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes, Ramesh Balwani. Parent comment

Re:U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Theranos’s Elizabeth ... by 21 on Friday June 15, 2018 @05:52PM (#17323925)
I am no expert, but it's my understanding that blood in the capillaries (fingertip) is not exactly the same as blood in the veins.

> In addition, the small volumes involved and the variability in sample quality based on puncture site and technique make capillary sampling particularly susceptible to errors during the pre-preanalytical phase, which are beyond the control of clinical laboratory personnel

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4622200/

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Re:U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Theranos’s Elizabeth ... by oldgradstudent on Friday June 15, 2018 @06:23PM (#17324149)
It's not the same as the veins, and varies a lot between fingers and location.

It is well known to any diabetic, or to anyone who played for a few minutes with a blood glucose monitor.

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