Editing Capillary (section)

=== Blood sampling ===
Capillary blood sampling can be used to test for [[blood glucose]] (such as in [[blood glucose monitoring]]), [[hemoglobin]], [[pH]] and [[lactic acid|lactate]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Krleza|first1=Jasna Lenicek|last2=Dorotic|first2=Adrijana|last3=Grzunov|first3=Ana|last4=Maradin|first4=Miljenka|date=15 October 2015|title=Capillary blood sampling: national recommendations on behalf of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine|pmc=4622200|journal=Biochemia Medica|volume=25|issue=3|pages=335–358|doi=10.11613/BM.2015.034|issn=1330-0962|pmid=26524965}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Moro|first1=Christian|last2=Bass|first2=Jessica|last3=Scott|first3=Anna Mae|last4=Canetti|first4=Elisa F.D.|date=19 January 2017|title=Enhancing capillary blood collection: The influence of nicotinic acid and nonivamide|journal=Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis|language=en|volume=31|issue=6|pages=e22142|doi=10.1002/jcla.22142|pmid=28102549|pmc=6817299|issn=0887-8013|doi-access=free}}</ref> It is generally performed by creating a small cut using a [[blood lancet]], followed by [[sampling (medicine)|sampling]] by [[capillary action]] on the cut with a [[Glucose meter|test strip]] or small [[pipette]].<ref name="niddk">{{cite web |title=Managing diabetes:Check your blood glucose levels |url=https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/managing-diabetes#bloodGlucose |publisher=National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,US National Institutes of Health |access-date=9 September 2021 |date=2021}}</ref> It is also used to test for [[sexually transmitted infections]] that are present in the blood stream, such as [[HIV]], [[syphilis]], and [[Hepatitis|hepatitis B and C]], where a finger is lanced and a small amount of blood is sampled into a [[test tube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fettle.health/help-centre/how-to-take-a-blood-sample|title=Fettle - How to take a blood sample|access-date=16 March 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316221208/https://fettle.health/help-centre/how-to-take-a-blood-sample|archive-date=16 March 2023}}</ref>