Evaluating venous pool technique for blood sampling in neonatal ICU.

Purpose: To evaluate venous pool technique (VPT) for obtaining neonatal blood samples as compared with the needlestick technique.

Method And Sample: An experimental design was used with subjects enrolled in two phases: an equivalence phase (N = 10) and a comparison phase (N = 64). In the equivalence phase, subjects weighing 1,500 g or more had two needlesticks.