Phlebotomy Best Practices A Case Study Approach

by Itatani, Carol; Shipp, Norma

• ISBN13: 9780781777315
• ISBN10: 0781777313
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-13
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Enhance your students' learning in phlebotomy! Suitable for use with any phlebotomy text, this new workbook includes 40 case studies to help apply concepts, methods and techniques, and information to actual situations. Case studies are diverse in patient types and situations. Key questions accompany each key study. Terms are highlighted in glossary format.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Site Selection and Risk Factors	1	(18)
Case 1 Optimal Site for "Stat" Glucose	1	(1)
Case 2 Mastectomy	2	(2)
Case 3 Burn Patient	4	(2)
Case 4 2-Year-Old Child	6	(2)
Case 5 Obese Patient	8	(3)
Case 6 Repeat of a Newborn Screening Test	11	(3)
Quiz	14	(5)
CHAPTER 2 Coagulation	19	(20)
Case 7 Inadequate Tube Fill	19	(2)
Case 8 Patient on "Blood Thinner"	21	(1)
Case 9 Prothrombin Time	22	(2)
Case 10 Karyotyping	24	(2)
Case 11 Complications in a Postpartum Patient	26	(2)
Case 12 Unstoppable Nose Bleed	28	(1)
Case 13 Petechiae	29	(2)
Case 14 Low Fibrinogen	31	(2)
Case 15 Simplate Bleeding Time	33	(1)
Quiz	34	(5)
CHAPTER 3 Infection Control	39	(18)
Case 16 Active Tuberculosis (TB)	39	(3)
Case 17 Accidental Needle Stick Injury	42	(3)
Case 18 Urine Spill	45	(1)
Case 19 Blood Cultures	46	(3)
Case 20 Reverse Isolation	49	(1)
Case 21 Staphylococcus Aureus	50	(2)
Quiz	52	(5)
CHAPTER 4 Complex Patient and Environmental Factors in Quality Specimen Collection	57	(20)
Case 22 Antibiotic Toxicity/Therapeutic Dose Monitoring	57	(3)
Case 23 Patient Identification	60	(1)
Case 24 Dehydration	61	(3)
Case 25 Renal and Liver Disease	64	(1)
Case 26 Home Health Care	65	(3)
Case 27 Fasting and Family Members	68	(1)
Case 28 Hematoma Formation	69	(3)
Quiz	72	(5)
CHAPTER 5 Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues	77	(22)
Case 29 Quality Assurance and Contaminated Blood Cultures	77	(3)
Case 30 Lab Safety/Fire	80	(2)
Case 31 Liability/Scope of Practice	82	(2)
Case 32 Responsible Behavior	84	(2)
Case 33 Combative Patient	86	(1)
Case 34 Interpersonal Communication Skills	87	(3)
Case 35 Patient Identity and Ethics in the Workplace	90	(2)
Case 36 Hematoma and Tingling Fingers	92	(1)
Case 37 Patient Dementia and Phlebotomist Negligence	93	(2)
Case 38 HIPAA	95	(1)
Quiz	96	(3)
Answers	99	(6)
Glossary	105	(6)
Index	111