Tube color: Lavender Department: Hematology Additive: EDTA Additive purpose: Binds to Ca in the blood to prevent clotting Centrifuged?: No Why?: Need whole blood. Special Considerations: invert 6-8x‚ fill 2/3 of the way full. Tests preformed: CBC‚ RBC‚ WBC‚ WBC Diff‚ Hct (% of RBCs)‚ Hgb (weight of hemoglobin)‚ Platelet Count‚ SED Rate (looks for inflammation‚ also can be drawn in black tube)‚ HGBA1C (3mnth cal for diabetes) Tube color: LT. Blue Department: Coagulation Additive: Sodium
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paediatric and obese is very rewarding because this is the hallmark of being a skilled phlebotomist. At the start of the rotation‚ I felt a little nervous and excited at the same time. Good thing that I was already oriented with the dos and don’ts in phlebotomy during my afternoon and night shifts more so‚ made me feel a little bit confident. Before doing any blood extraction‚ it is essential to know first the tubes‚ order of draw and inversions‚ sites to avoid and select and of course most importantly
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Phlebotomy and How it has changed Christina Hughes HCS 212 March 9‚2015 Elwanda Whitaker Phelbotomy has made a lot of changes now with technology . According to an article that was written by anymous in the Clinical Labortatory Science Journal‚”Phlebotomy is more accurately defined now as a bloodletting by incision of a vein or skin puncture for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.” Certified (ANOMYUS‚ 1999) I think these changes are great and are very helpful in performing veinpunctures on
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The term ‘Phlebotomy’ suggests the taking of blood. ‘Phlebotomy’ comes from the Greek word phlebos‚ meaning veins‚ and tome‚ meaning incision. Bloodletting is one of the humanity’s oldest medical practices‚ dating back thousands of years and is linked to many ancient cultures‚ including the Mayans‚ Aztecs‚ Egyptians and Mesopotamians. Evidence suggests bloodletting for therapeutic reasons may have begun in Egypt around 1400B.C. Tomb paintings from this time show the application of a leech to a
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Why the Phlebotomy Technician post is the best entry point in healthcare services The Phlebotomy Technician is one of the most “in demand” professionals in the medical field. There was a time when drawing blood used to be the responsibility of registered doctors and trained nurses that discharged this duty alongside their primary jobs. But the task required focused attention‚ and exceptional skills and finesse in conducting procedures which were beyond many regular practicing doctors. There was
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Phlebotomy never required anyone who performed the procedure‚ to have schooling to be known as a “phlebotomist” until the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) was established in the year 1988. Phlebotomy also known as bloodletting is one of the oldest medical practices dating all the way back through thousands of years and connected to many different cultures such as the Greeks‚ the Mayans‚ and the Egyptians. The purpose was to cure a person suffering from some kind of disease or condition
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MI‚ but the relationship between diagnostic phlebotomy and the risk of hospital-acquired anemia had not been rigorously studied in this population‚ according to Dr Adam Salisbury (Saint Luke’s Mid-America Heart and Vascular Institute‚ Kansas City‚ MO) and colleagues. Salisbury and colleagues analyzed records from 57 centers from in the Cerner Health Facts electronic medical records database. This database was ideal for studying the link between phlebotomy and hospital-acquired anemia because it contains
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Human Genetic Disorders Research Report Hereditary Haemochrmatosis BIO3U Reuben D’Souza B2 Hereditary Haemochromatosis(can be spelled hemochromatosis)‚ is a genetic disorder that is characterized by improper processing by the body of dietary iron which causes iron to accumulate in a number of body tissues‚ eventually causing organ dysfunction. Early symptoms of the genetic disorder are somewhat unclear and vague‚ which makes it easy to mistake hemochromatosis for another condition.
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|Christy N. Wilson | Medical Assistant/ Certified Nursing Assistant |CNA‚ MA WITH 5 YEARS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPERIENCE IN MULTI-PHYSICIAN FAMILY MEDICAL PRACTICES‚ OBGYN‚ GERIATRIC AND AMBULATORY CARE CENTERS. | |ADDITIONAL HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE AS A PHLEBOTOMIST‚ AND PATIENT CASE WORKER. KNOWN FOR DEDICATION TO PROVIDING PREMIUM PATIENT CARE. SKILLS INCLUDE: | |—Lab Preparation/ Urinalysis — Microscopic Set- up
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The Utah School of Phlebotomy is one of the few places in Salt Lake City that hold courses for getting phlebotomy certifications. It is a small office‚ south of the Sugar House District‚ that teaches students about blood itself‚ how to take someone’s blood‚ and how to get a job as a phlebotomist. Although they work really hard to produce excellent phlebotomist‚ I noticed that most people who let the students draw their blood are nervous an anxious. I have had many conversations with fellow phlebotomist
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