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FREE DOWNLOADApplied Phlebotomy textbook
The perfect text for the short course in phlebotomy for healthcare professionals with a working knowledge of blood sample collection.
Code | #8210Price | $39.99
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Paperback — 283 pages
Publisher — Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Product Dimensions — 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
ISBN-10 — 0781750555
ISBN-13 — 978-0781750554
Released in May, 2005.
Richly illustrated, this full-color publication teaches phlebotomy to those with a basic understanding of healthcare and blood specimen collection. Written by Dennis J. Ernst MT(ASCP), Director of the Center for Phlebotomy Education and editor of the Phlebotomy Today family of eNewsletters. The text reflects the standards established by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard enforced by OSHA.
Features include:
- end-of-chapter exams;
- According to the Standards sections that summarize important passages from CLSI documents;
- Tips from the Trenches boxes that share proven tips for successful phlebotomy learned in over 20 years of specimen collection experience.
Text includes:
- step-by-step outlines for drawing blood by venipuncture, skin puncture, and arterial puncture from adults and pediatric patients;
- venipuncture complications;
- sample collection safety;
- post-exposure protocol;
- tips to prevent phlebotomy-related injuries/litigation;
- much more.
A generous appendix includes multiple resources for those who perform, teach, and manage specimen collection personnel including a Manager’s Resources section, which includes:
- sample scripting techniques;
- suggested employee training and annual evaluation checklists;
- minimum requirements for an in-house training program;
- a sample Code of Conduct;
- and more.
The perfect companion for the Applied Phlebotomy Video Series.