To the Point™ Venipuncture Tutor

The Center for Phlebotomy Education's Venipuncture Tutor is a highly detailed, extensively researched and referenced article with illustrations on the venipuncture procedure. Written and developed by Dennis J. Ernst MT(ASCP), one of the most highly respected and widely published authorities on the subject, this document provides the most current information available to all who perform, supervise and teach blood collection procedures.  We have painstakingly researched every detail in this document, illustrated the text with over 25 photographs, and provided information based on the latest Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) (Formerly NCCLS) venipuncture standard, Procedures for the Collection of Diagnostic Blood Specimens by Venipuncture (Document H3-A6, revised in 2007).

Topics and features:
Detailed procedures for adult venipuncture using a tube holder, syringe/needle assembly and winged collection set with illustrations.

• How to approach and identify the patient according to CLSI standards
• The proper way to select the best site and vein for a successful venipuncture.
• A discussion on how improper vein selection can put the patient at increased risk of injury.
• The proper use of the tourniquet
• How the infusion of IV fluids should influence site and vein selection
• The Great Butterfly Myth
• Document is based on the current CLSI standards (H3-A5)
• Proper labeling requirements, minimum fill volumes, properly leaving the patient and much more.

Availability
Venipuncture Tutor is available as a download from the Center's secure shopping cart or as a 4-color printed version which can be ordered and mailed to your address.

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Individual Use = Permission to download and print one copy: $29.95
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