Fever glove hand-shake method safe blood collection from children's fingertips in COVID-19 fever clinic

Table 1 Comparison of the levels of blood routine testing indexes between the two groups (mean ± SD)

Groups	Erythrocyte count (× 1012/l)	White blood cell count (× 109/l)	Hemoglobin (g/L)	Erythrocyte pressure (%)	Average hemoglobin of red blood cells; white concentration (g/L)	Platelet count (× 109/L)
Control group (n = 50)	3.95 ± 0.76	6.19 ± 1.57	110.03 ± 19.73	31.19 ± 10.89	301.76 ± 39.72	238.97 ± 47.89
Observation group (n = 50)	4.32 ± 0.85	7.03 ± 1.65	119.42 ± 20.65	40.39 ± 12.13	304.23 ± 39.76	207.65 ± 47.86
t	7.865	3.681	3.423	5.865	0.761	4.365
P value	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.267	0.001

Table 2 Comparison of blood collection indexes between the two groups (mean ± SD)

Groups	Number of fingertip squeezes (times)	Average blood collection time (min)	Puncture pain score (points)
Control group (n = 50)	4.19 ± 0.68	5.00 ± 0.33	0.79 ± 0.10
Observation group (n = 50)	1.36 ± 0.50b	2.01 ± 0.28b	0.48 ± 0.13a
t	8.732	6.281	2.139
P value	0.000	0.000	0.041

^aP < 0.05 compared with control group.

^bP < 0.01 compared with control group.

Table 3 Satisfaction with routine blood tests in both groups [n (%)]

Groups	Unsatisfactory	Partially satisfactory	Extremely satisfied	Satisfaction with routine blood tests
Control group (n = 50)	16 (32.00)	25 (50.00)	9 (18.00)	34 (68.00)
Observation group (n = 50)	5 (10.00)	30 (60.00)	15 (30.00)	45 (90.00)
χ2	-	-	-	6.873
P value	-	-	-	0.001