Blog — blood test

By Theodore Zava, ZRT Laboratory  ZRT Laboratory has been working with dried samples for over 15 years, and the number of tests we offer using dried urine and blood spot make us the world expert on dried sample validation and commercialization. ZRT Laboratory specializes in dried sample types because of their superior stability, ease of collection, simple shipment and reduced storage space. Dried urine and blood spot collection is popular with researchers and remote clients, as these sample types open the door for testing in locations that lack refrigeration and equipment necessary for liquid sample collection. In order to offer...

By Dr.David Zava, ZRT Laboratory COVID-19 is Making Blood Draw Clinics a Scary Place to Be In today’s scary world of rapidly spreading COVID-19 infections, most individuals are hesitant to have their health care provider, or worse, a stranger at a blood draw clinic, violate their mandated social space of 6 feet to allow them to stick a needle in their vein and draw blood for testing hormones. It is understandable why during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic both the physician and staff would rather limit physical contact as much as possible with a potentially infectious COVID-19 patient, and vice versa. Some...