The Tool That Needed No Inventor
The history of the phlebotomy tourniquet
Shanise Keith, May 12, 2026
Phlebotomy History
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Our Friends in the Lab: A Lab Week Tribute
Celebrating Lab Week and the people who make sense of what we collect
Shanise Keith, April 21, 2026
The Tube That Changed Everything
A History of the Evacuated Blood Collection System
Shanise Keith, March 31, 2026
The Bloody Truth About Valentine's Day
This week we learn about Lupercalia, an ancient tradition with a blood sacrifice.
Shanise Keith, February 17, 2026
The History of Butterfly Needles
And why you shouldn’t use them for everything.
Shanise Keith, December 02, 2025
Everyone Calls Us Vampires Anyway
The Real Blood-Drinkers of Yesterday and Today
Shanise Keith, October 29, 2025
Mad Scientists and Blood Transfusion Experiments
The Horrifying Experiments That Built Modern Blood Transfusion
Shanise Keith, October 21, 2025
Blood on the Battlefield: How World War II Revolutionized Transfusion Medicine
The story of how global warfare revolutionized blood preservation and saved countless lives.
Shanise Keith, September 16, 2025
The Needle: How We Went from Bone Splinters to Safety Engineered Devices
The history of the tool we can’t live without
Shanise Keith, August 05, 2025
The Importance of Phlebotomists
There is a lot more to being a phlebotomist than people realize.
Shanise Keith, April 28, 2022