Dried blood spot collection device

A dried blood spot collection device, comprising:

• a body defining an inlet of a passage extending from an exterior of the body to an outlet in an interior cavity of the body;
• a platform coupled to the body within the interior cavity, the platform holding an absorbent disk in a fixed position on a region of the platform, wherein a central axis of the passage is normal to the platform and intersects the center of the region of the platform;
• a manually actuatable component mounted in the body, the manually actuatable component adjustable between a first position and a second position relative to the body, wherein:
• in the first position, when an absorbent disk is mounted in the fixed position on the platform, the outlet is not in physical contact with the absorbent disk, and
• in the second position, when an absorbent disk is mounted in the fixed position on the platform, the outlet is in physical contact with the absorbent disk.