Emelie Heintz

PLOS ONE, Aug 2023 Background Blood drawings is a common hospital procedure involving laboratory and clinical disciplines that is important for the diagnosis and management of illnesses in children. Blood drawings with pre-analytical error (PAE) can lead to increased costs for hospitals and healthcare organisations. The direct cost of blood drawings after a PAE is not fully understood in paediatric hospital care.

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Citation: Hjelmgren H, Heintz E, Ygge B-M, Andersson N, Nordlund B (2023) Direct costs of blood drawings with pre-analytical errors in tertiary paediatric hospital care. PLoS ONE 18(8): e0290636.

The authors regret that the captions of Figs. 2 and 4 had errors, where 10,000 SEK and 50,000 SEK have now been revised to 100,000 SEK and 500,000 SEK, respectively. For clarity, we have also inserted the categorical cost-effectiveness thresholds defined by the National Board of Health and Welfare, as written in the Methods section, into the caption of Fig. 4. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.