CLINICAL LAB SCIENEC

Phlebotomy
CHAPTER 11
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to:
• Demonstrate professional and
ethical behavior.
• Understand licensure, registry,
and certifi cation.
• Indicate the position of the
phlebotomist in the hospital
laboratory organization.
• List equipment and basic
instrumentation of a hospital
laboratory.
• Describe various types of tubes
and collection equipment.
• Provide separated blood
specimens through use of
centrifuges.
• Choose a vein in the correct
anatomical region and palpate.
• Perform various types of
collection from venipuncture to
capillary puncture.
• Process specimens and transport
them to the correct departments
for testing.
• Input specimen data for record
keeping.
• Interact appropriately with
patients and visitors.
KEY TERMS
Artery
Basilic vein
Bevel
Capillary puncture
Cephalic vein
Cubital vein, medial
Hematoma
Hemoconcentration
Lumen
Needle gauge
Order of draw
Professionalism
Venipuncture
Vein
Introduction
Phlebotomy is an integral part of medical laboratory practice. It is good to
remember that no laboratory procedure will be any better than the quality of the
specimen that is being tested. Most blood and other body fluid collections in the
past were performed by medical laboratory technicians or technologists and in
some cases, by nurses and physicians. Today, most blood is collected by trained
phlebotomists, but medical laboratory technologists and technicians must nevertheless
be somewhat proficient at collecting blood samples. Phlebotomists are
responsible for many tasks other than collecting blood and are valuable adjuncts
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