Bleeding time measures how fast small blood vessels in the skin stop bleeding. The bleeding time test is used to evaluate how well a person’s blood is clotting. The test evaluates how long it takes the vessels cut to constrict and how long it takes for platelets in the blood to seal off the hole.

SPECIMEN: Conducted on person.
STABILITY: Room: NA; Refrigerated: NA; Frozen: NA
REPORT: Daily
USAGE: Bleeding time (BT) involves making a controlled incision in soft tissue and measuring the time to cessation of bleeding. BT does not correlate with the risk of surgical bleeding in most patients. It is also prolonged in cases of anemia and abnormalities of coagulation factors, platelets & vasculature.