Boston Heart Diagnostics
DBS kit
How the Boston Heart DBS Kit kit is collected, from the lab's own instructions. Speedy Sticks does venipuncture only.
Specimen
Fingerstick / DBS
Tubes / kit
2 collection cards, 2 alcohol wipes, 3 lancets, 2 gauze pads, 2 bandages, 1 blood sample…
Processing
Drying time: confirm with the lab's current kit instructions. The card is stable at room…
Shipping
Ships at room temperature with no ice, in the FedEx Clinical Pak. [H3] Days allowed: conf…
Not a blood draw
Speedy Sticks performs venipuncture (arm blood draws) only. We do not do capillary, fingerstick, swab, urine, stool or saliva collection. This is a fingerstick kit you collect yourself, following the lab's instructions.
Overview
About this kit
Boston Heart Diagnostics is based at 200 Crossing Boulevard, Framingham, MA 01702, and is a subsidiary of Eurofins Scientific. [H2][H3] CLIA and CAP numbers were not shown on the pages reviewed; confirm with the lab's current kit instructions.
The Dried Blood Spot (DBS) kit lets more than 40 Boston Heart tests run from fingertip blood dried on a card, for patients who cannot have a blood draw. Boston Heart reports a 96% average correlation with liquid venous blood. [H3] Your provider orders the tests.
The process
Step by step
- 1
Before the visit
Prep
- Fasting depends on the tests ordered; confirm with the lab's current kit instructions.
- 2
Collection
Collect
- Put 4 to 7 large free-falling drops of blood in the top and bottom left squares of each card. [H3]
- Let the blood migrate to the rectangle. Do not put blood directly on the rectangle. [H3]
- Fill both squares no matter how many tests were ordered. [H3]
- 3
Right after collection
Processing
- Drying time: confirm with the lab's current kit instructions. The card is stable at room temperature. [H3]
- 4
Get it to the lab
Shipping
- Ships at room temperature with no ice, in the FedEx Clinical Pak. [H3] Days allowed: confirm with the lab's current kit instructions.
At a glance
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Avoid a redraw
Common mistakes
Questions
FAQ
Does Speedy Sticks collect this sample?
No. Speedy Sticks performs venipuncture (arm blood draws) only. We do not do capillary, fingerstick, swab, urine, stool or saliva collection.
Does Boston Heart offer blood draw kits?
Yes. See our Boston Heart guide.
Does it need ice?
No. It can ship without ice. [H3]
Need a blood draw too?
Speedy Sticks performs venipuncture (arm blood draws) at home, work or a facility.
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