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To address these clinical challenges, we conducted a retrospective study of an intelligent venipuncture robot using 13,803 clinical encounters collected over 18\u00a0months in a high-volume outpatient clinic.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n We analyzed performance metrics and patient feedback across three consecutive phases to evaluate both the system\u2019s technical maturation and patient acceptance. Furthermore, we validated its clinical utility by comparing procedural success, failure causes, and specimen rejection rates against historical manual practice records.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n The results demonstrated that the robotic success rate increased steadily over time (from 95.02\u202f% to 97.57\u202f%) alongside sustained high patient acceptance (up to 96.70\u202f%). Most crucially, the robotic system demonstrated a remarkable full-period zero specimen rejection advantage, effectively eliminating the pre-analytical sample rejections that typically compromise manual phlebotomy. During the same observation window, the primary cause of failure shifted chronologically from device puncture errors (47.58\u202f% in Phase I) to patient movement (57.14\u202f% in Phase\u00a0III).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n This study provides robust real-world data supporting the integration of intelligent venipuncture robotics. Given the evident shift in failure mechanisms toward human factors, future advancements must prioritize optimizing human-machine interaction design and implementing targeted pre-procedure psychological interventions to mitigate involuntary patient movements.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/cclm-2026-0833","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,28]],"date-time":"2026-09-28T14:55:56Z","timestamp":1790607356000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Clinical evaluation of an intelligent venipuncture robotic system: performance, patient acceptance, and pre-analytical outcomes"],"prefix":"10.1515","author":[{"given":"Bo","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Laboratory , The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , People\u2019s Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yao","family":"Yao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Outpatient , The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , People\u2019s Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Liangping","family":"Ye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Outpatient , The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , People\u2019s Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dan","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Outpatient , The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , People\u2019s Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hong","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Outpatient , The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , People\u2019s Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meijuan","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Laboratory , The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , People\u2019s Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuanhong","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Laboratory , The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , People\u2019s Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Min","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Laboratory , The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , People\u2019s Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinxing","family":"Xia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Laboratory , The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , People\u2019s Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anyong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Laboratory , The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , People\u2019s Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026092814555252748_j_cclm-2026-0833_ref_001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lee, L, Rankin, W. 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