Streamlining lab visits: Can patient self-collected blood improve the phlebotomy experience?
Sept. 10, 2025
11 a.m.–Noon CT
Cost
Free for all participants.
Overview
Self-collected blood sampling is emerging as a potentially transformational change in laboratory medicine. Patients are seeking greater flexibility while maintaining diagnostic integrity. This presentation explores the distinctions between capillary and venous collection and compares home-based versus clinic-based sampling, with attention to delayed processing and shipping stability.
An overview of self-collection devices, highlighting multiple U.S. FDA-cleared options evaluated by our team, will be included. We will share comparative data on sample quality, patient and phlebotomist experience, and clinical measure concordance. The session will conclude with a balanced discussion of the strengths and limitations surrounding self-collected blood.
Presenters
Jeff Meeusen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Division of Core Clinical Laboratory Services
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Nathanael Lexvold, M.H.A.
Outpatient Laboratory Supervisor
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe the principles and clinical implications of self-collected blood sampling, including distinctions between capillary and venous collection methods.
- Compare home-based versus clinic-based collection workflows, with emphasis on delayed processing and sample stability during shipping.
- Identify use cases for U.S. FDA-cleared self-collection devices as alternatives to traditional outpatient phlebotomy.
Intended audience
This webinar is appropriate for laboratory leaders, healthcare providers, and other laboratory personnel who are interested in innovations and the future direction of lab medicine.
Credit
The following types of credit are offered for this event:
ASCLS P.A.C.E.®
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® program. This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.0 P.A.C.E.® contact hour.
State of Florida
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a Continuing Education Accrediting Agency for the Clinical Laboratory Sciences for the State of Florida. Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel has designated this program for General credit. This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.
To obtain credit
1. Register for and participate in the program.
2. Complete the evaluation that will be sent to you after the program.
3. Generate and print your certificate(s).
Level of instruction for this program is intermediate.
Faculty disclosure
Course director(s), planning committee, faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty members also will disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentations. Disclosure of this information will be published in course materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentations.
Questions
Contact us: mcleducation@mayo.edu
