Bone Marrow Collection: Comparison of Unassisted vs Assisted Bedside Collections by a Laboratory Technologist

Bone marrow collections are often difficult, and creating quality smears and touch preparations at the bedside can prove challenging. The objective of this study is to compare the quality of bone marrow specimens between unassisted and assisted bone marrow collections by a bone marrow technologist.Data for this study were collected from 422 hematopathology reports over 14 months. We recorded the bone marrow quality of the different parts...