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Phlebotomy Skills
Phlebotomy is one of the routine procedures performed by phlebotomy technicians, which often are referred to as phlebotomists. The phlebotomist's daily routine consists primarily of performing venipunctures, or fingersticks to collected capillary, venous, and sometimes, arterial blood samples into blood collection tubes, blood tube labeling, recording, preservation, and transportation of such for laboratory analysis and testing.Learn More....
Proper blood sample collection is a skillful art. Collecting blood specimens can carry an element of risk for everybody involved, from the laboratory personnel, to the phlebotomist, to the patient. Errors in judgment and technique leaves people vulnerable to injuries and serious consequences.
Adequate education and training of the person responsible for the collection of quality specimens is essential! Otherwise, an improperly collected sample will lead to false lab results and errors that can harm the patient, or even cause their death. Almost certainly it will increase the cost of care. Only through skillful and careful blood drawing procedure can a quality blood sample be obtained.
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A phlebotomist must understand that each person is different, each situation is unique, know all possible problem areas and complications, and prevent procedural errors from ever happening. Special challenges arise when collecting blood from the antecubital fossa area is not possible because of the presence of indwelling intravenous lines (IV), or an arterial vessel must be accessed for arterial blood gas tests and there is a vascular access device (VAD) in place.
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