A clinical biochemist in Halifax concerned about a global shortage of blood collection tubes is urging health-care providers and patients to be careful about how they use limited lab supplies. Last month, doctors in Alberta were asked to delay non-urgent blood tests due to the shortage of vials, and health authorities in Newfoundland and Labrador have also asked doctors to keep the shortage in mind when ordering tubes. © CBC Global supply chain issues have made it harder to find lab supplies, specifically tubes used in blood collection. It's why Beach is working with Choosing Wisely Canada, a national organization that arrived in Nova Scotia in 2017. One change that was made involved a blood test that checks a patient's bleeding time, or how long it takes for the blood to clot.

Source: CBC News March 30, 2022 03:34 UTC