Blogs

Important Considerations for Implementing Alcohol Testing

Blog | oktober 2023

Alcohol testing is used to determine whether a person has been drinking alcohol recently. Several approaches are used to det […]

Publication Highlight: Norwegian Study Confirms Feasibility of Self-Sampling with Capitainer®B for Routine Monitoring of Kidney Transplant Recipients

Blog | september 2023

A recent study from Norway found that Capitainer’s volumetric dried blood spot microsampling device Capitainer®B is suitable […]

5 Ways in Which Fingerstick Blood Testing Is Transforming Healthcare

Blog | augusti 2023

Fingerstick testing is a patient-friendly microsampling method that involves the use of a lancet to draw a few drops of capi […]

Unlocking the Potential of Ceramide Biomarkers With Quantitative Dried Blood Spot Testing

Blog | juli 2023

Blood microsampling is widely used to collect samples for dried blood spot (DBS) testing in newborn screening programmes, me […]

Large-Scale Dried Blood Spot Testing Possible With Capitainer’s Automated Quantitative DBS Sample Handling System

Blog | juni 2023

Capitainer recently launched a fully automated quantitative DBS sample handling system that enables large-scale screening an […]

Major study finds that home sampling for serology surveillance with Capitainer DBS device greatly increases access to COVID-19 diagnostics in rural Sweden.

Blog | maj 2023

In a retrospective cohort study, researchers in Umeå University, Karolinska Institute and Xerum AB in Sweden found that home […]

Dried Blood Spot Testing – Part 3

Blog | april 2023

Special edition: Interview with DBS extraction expert Donald H. Chace, PhD In this special instalment of our dried blood spo […]

Publication Highlight: Swedish Study Finds That Volumetric Dried Blood Spot Testing Using Capitainer®B Has Promise in Therapeutic Monitoring of Lithium

Blog | mars 2023

A recent study carried out in Sweden found that volumetric dried blood spot testing holds promise for lithium monitoring dur […]

New self-sampling device expands the possibilities for large-volume blood sampling

Blog | januari 2023

Dried blood spot (DBS) testing is a microsampling method based on dried spots of whole blood. The technique is widely used i […]