★★★★★
“Pamela was fantastic — calm, clean, professional yet warm. Exactly what you want for an at-home blood draw.”
Verified patient
Miami, FL
DBS kit collection
Dried blood spot collection near you
Dried blood spot (DBS) collection combines a precise fingerstick or microsampling venipuncture draw with controlled spotting, drying, and packaging steps—errors at any stage can void the sample. Speedy Sticks supports DBS kit workflows for research programs, clinical trials, rare disease testing, and direct-to-consumer labs that rely on mail-in DBS cards for remote or population-level testing.
- Certified phlebotomists
- Nationwide coverage
- Lab-compliant handling
The process
Four steps. No clinic required.
From booking to lab handoff — the whole at-home blood draw, start to finish.
Step 01
< 3 min
to complete booking
Book with your lab order or kit
Choose a time window, add your requisition or kit reference, and confirm. We handle the rest from there.
- Pick a time that works for you
- Upload your lab order or kit reference
- Instant confirmation
Step 02
Live ETA
tracked to your door
Track your phlebotomist en route
You get notified the moment we're on the way. Identity and lab order are verified on arrival.
- Real-time location tracking
- Two-identifier verification at door
- Arrival time logged
Step 03
10–15 min
average visit time
Documented, precise collection
Best-practice venipuncture, lab-specific tube order and handling, chain of custody started at first stick.
- ASCP/AMT/NHA-certified collector
- Chain of custody initiated
- Collection reviewed & approved
Step 04
Done.
your part is finished
Seamless lab handoff
Specimens are packaged within stability windows and delivered to your designated lab. Full chain-of-custody end to end — nothing more required from you.
- Delivered within stability windows
- Drop-off time-stamped & approved
- Full chain-of-custody documentation
Why Speedy Sticks
Built around reliable mobile collection
Nationwide network
Certified phlebotomists operating across major U.S. metros and expanding markets.
Lab-compliant
Standardized labeling, chain-of-custody documentation, and routing tuned to your downstream lab.
Flexible scheduling
Arrival windows that work around your day — patients, employers, and provider teams.
Specimen integrity
Collection protocols aligned to order requirements so results are not delayed upstream.
Process
How a visit works
Simple, professional, and designed around your schedule — not ours.
- 1
Book your visit
Schedule online with your lab requisition, program instructions, or kit details so we can match the right workflow.
- 2
Phlebotomist arrives
A certified collector arrives in your scheduled window, verifies identity and orders, and prepares tubes per protocol.
- 3
Collection & lab handoff
We follow venipuncture best practices and lab-specific handling, then route your specimen with full chain-of-custody documentation.
Patient reviews
What patients say
★★★★★
“Valerie was wonderful and very gentle. She gave me all the information I needed and made the process completely stress-free.”
Verified patient
Los Angeles, CA
★★★★★
“I was nervous about a home blood draw, but the phlebotomist was so professional. I will never go back to a lab waiting room.”
Verified patient
New York, NY
Pricing
Simple, upfront pricing
$100–$250
typical per-visit range for most patient bookings
See your price before you confirm
Your exact visit price is shown during booking — no surprises, no hidden fees.
Visit fee is separate from lab charges
You pay Speedy Sticks for the at-home collection; your lab bills any test charges directly.
No insurance billing — pay directly
We don't bill insurance for the visit. HSA/FSA itemized receipts are available on request.
Priced to your visit
Final price reflects your location, timing, and what's being collected in the appointment.
Why professional DBS collection produces dramatically better results than self-collection
Dried blood spot collection on filter paper cards requires consistent technique that self-collection frequently fails to deliver. The failure modes are well-documented: double-spotting, insufficient fill volume, scraping the lancet along the skin to force blood flow which causes tissue fluid contamination, applying spots that do not soak fully through the paper, and allowing spots to dry on uneven surfaces that pool blood unevenly. Any of these produce invalid cards that trigger costly redraw requests. A professional phlebotomist controls the blood drop, applies a single consistent drop per circle with correct fill volume, and confirms complete saturation before moving to the next spot. First-attempt validity rates are dramatically higher with professional collection technique.
Assay-specific requirements and why the protocol document matters
DBS is used across diverse applications with very different technical requirements: neonatal metabolic screening, HIV early infant diagnosis, malaria testing programs, dried blood spot pharmacokinetics for clinical trials, and antiretroviral drug level monitoring. Each application specifies different filter paper grades, different fill volumes, different spot counts, and different handling requirements after collection. Some programs require specific lot-number tracking of the filter paper card. These requirements are not interchangeable. Using the wrong card grade or wrong number of spots invalidates the specimen for the specified assay. We follow your program's specific protocol, not generic DBS guidance that may not apply to your particular test and lab destination.
Critical steps: drying, packaging, and mail-in preparation
After spotting, the card must air-dry completely, typically 2 to 4 hours at ambient temperature, flat on a clean surface away from direct sunlight, humidity, and any heat source. Cards packaged before fully dry develop condensation inside the envelope, causing fungal growth that degrades the sample or causes analyte loss during shipping. After complete drying, cards are packaged in the desiccant envelope provided in your kit, sealed, and placed in the pre-addressed return shipping envelope. Temperature and shipping timing requirements vary by program. Some require same-day or next-day shipment; others allow refrigerated storage before shipping. Follow the timeline in your kit instructions exactly without shortcuts.
Research applications: clinical trial pharmacokinetics and biobanking
Clinical pharmacokinetics studies increasingly use DBS as an alternative to conventional plasma collection because smaller blood volumes are needed, collection can happen at more timepoints without exceeding safe blood volume limits, and samples can be shipped at ambient temperature without cold-chain infrastructure. These PK studies have strict protocol-defined timepoints, often multiple draws within a single day at specified intervals post-dose, requiring a phlebotomist who can execute multiple collections precisely on schedule. IRB-approved research protocols define every parameter including card type, timepoints, volumes, processing, storage, and chain-of-custody documentation. We align our collection technique and documentation to your IRB-approved SOP.
Service areas
Available in major cities
Speedy Sticks provides dried blood spot collection across major U.S. cities and expanding regional markets.
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For teams
Providers & organizations
Clinics, labs, research teams, and employers use Speedy Sticks to extend collection capacity without sacrificing protocol fidelity. API integration, bulk scheduling, and compliance documentation included.
What Is Dried Blood Spot Collection?
Dried blood spot (DBS) collection is a specialized specimen collection method where a small volume of blood—from a fingerstick or venipuncture draw—is spotted onto filter paper cards and allowed to air-dry before being sealed and shipped to the laboratory. DBS is used in neonatal screening, pharmacokinetic studies, drug monitoring, and a growing range of consumer and research diagnostic programs. Speedy Sticks provides mobile DBS collection aligned to your kit's manufacturer instructions or study SOP, minimizing the sample failure rate common in self-collected DBS programs.
Related services & coverage
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Related reading
Education and lab navigation from the Speedy Sticks blog.
See it in action
A real at-home blood draw,
start to finish
Your certified phlebotomist arrives at your door with everything needed — no lab visit, no waiting room. Watch how simple it is.
- ✓Certified, background-checked phlebotomist comes to you
- ✓Any physician order or lab kit accepted — any lab
- ✓Specimens routed directly to Quest, Labcorp, or your lab
- ✓Same-day and next-day appointments available nationwide
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers on coverage, orders, timing, and logistics.
Yes. Speedy Sticks provides nationwide dried blood spot collection across major U.S. cities and expanding regional markets—book online to confirm availability for your address.
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