Phlebotomy Handbook : Blood Collection Essentials

by Garza, Diana; Becan-McBride, Kathleen

• ISBN13: 9780838581414
• ISBN10: 0838581412
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This is the most timely and comprehensive source of blood and specimen collection information available on the worldwide market. 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; and extensive coverage on transcultural communication skills for all ages. Medical Technologists, Medical Technicians, Medical Assistants, Specimen collection supervisors, Laboratory Managers/Directors, Nurses. Also, a valuable resource for hospital laboratories, out patient clinics, physicians' office practices, and emergency rooms.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix	(2)
Preface	xi	(4)
Acknowledgments	xv
I. OVERVIEW	1	(88)
1. Phlebotomy Practice and Health Care Settings	5	(34)
2. Basic Anatomy and Physiology of Organ Systems	39	(28)
3. The Circulatory System	67	(20)
Phlebotomy Case Study: Changing Roles in Phlebotomy Practice	87	(1)
Phlebotomy Case Study: Collection from the Dorsal Side of the Hand	88	(1)
II. SAFETY PROCEDURES	89	(84)
4. Infection Control	93	(30)
5. Safety and First Aid	123	(20)
6. Specimen Documentation and Transportation	143	(28)
Phlebotomy Case Study: Accidental Injury	171	(1)
Phlebotomy Case Study: Transporting Specimens from Homebound Patients to the Laboratory	172	(1)
III. EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES	173	(118)
7. Blood Collection Equipment	177	(50)
8. Venipuncture Procedures	227	(36)
9. Skin Puncture Procedures	263	(10)
10. Complications in Blood Collections	273	(14)
Phlebotomy Case Study: Ambulatory Health Care Collections	287	(2)
Phlebotomy Case Study: Venipuncture Site Selection	289	(2)
IV. SPECIAL PROCEDURES AND POINT-OF-CARE TESTING	291	(130)
11. Pediatric Procedures	295	(28)
12. Arterial, Intravenous (IV), and Special Collection Procedures	323	(44)
13. Elderly, Home, and Long-term Care Collections	367	(20)
14. Urinalysis and Body Fluid Collections	387	(14)
15. Specimen Collection for Forensic Toxicology, Workplace Testing, Sports Medicine, and Related Areas	401	(15)
Phlebotomy Case Study: Home Care Collections	416	(2)
Phlebotomy Case Study: Bedside Glucose Testing	418	(1)
Phlebotomy Case Study: Newborn Nursery Collections	419	(2)
V. QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL ISSUES	421	(46)
16. Quality, Competency, and Performance Assessment	425	(18)
17. Legal and Regulatory Issues	443	(23)
Phlebotomy Case Study: Communication	466	(1)
Appendices	467	(18)
Units of Measurement and Symbols	467	(2)
Metric Conversion Chart	469	(2)
Formulas and Calculations	471	(4)
Answers to Study Questions and Cases	475	(10)
Index	485