Main description:

Phlebotomy Handbook: Blood Speciman Collection from Basic to Advanced is a comprehensive book covering blood and specimen collection. It provides today's health care professionals with the latest safety guidelines; condensed information about new federal regulations; updates on equipment and supplies; new NCCLS standards and hazard prevention techniques; competencies important in the workplace; strategies for the certification process and securing a job; and extensive coverage on transcultural communication skills for all ages. Aside from its updated technical and procedural information, this edition is easy-to-read in a step-by-step format. New features to this edition are: Action and Practice presents an additional case study with questions to test your critical thinking skills; Check Yourself presents a brief description of a procedure to be performed along with questions to test your knowledge of the requirements and steps to perform to complete the procedure; and Competency Checklists provide a list of competencies you should master relevant to the chapter content and NAACLS competencies.

Contents:

Brief Contents Part I Overview AND SAFETY PROCEDURES Chapter 1 Phlebotomy Practice and Quality Assessment Chapter 2 Communication, Computerization, and Documentation Chapter 3 Professional Ethics, Legal, and Regulatory Issues Chapter 4 Infection Control Chapter 5 Safety and First Aid Chapter 6 Medical Terminology Anatomy and Physiology of Organ Systems Chapter 7 The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems Part II PHLEBOTOMY Equipment AND PROCEDURES Chapter 8 Blood Collection Equipment Chapter 9 Preanalytical Complications Causing Medical Errors in Blood Collection Chapter 10 Venipuncture Procedures Chapter 11 Capillary Blood Specimens Chapter 12 Specimen Handling, Transportation and Processing Part III POINT OF CARE TESTING AND Special Procedures Chapter 13 Pediatric and Geriatric Procedures Chapter 14 Point-of-Care (POC) Collections Chapter 15 Arterial, Intravenous (IV), and Special Collection Procedures Chapter 16 Urinalysis, Body Fluids, and Other Specimens Chapter 17 Drug Use, Forensic Toxicology, Workplace Testing, Sports Medicine, and Related Areas