ACT. 1A: UNDERSTANDING PHLEBOTOMY Flashcards
Also called as venesection
PHLEBOTOMY
phlebos means?
vein
temnein means?
- to cut.
the act of opening a vein by using incision or puncture methods to draw blood for analysis or as part of therapeutic or diagnostic measures under the physician’s request.
PHLEBOTOMY
The practice of Phlebotomy can be traced back to the time of the _________.
Stone Age
used by men to cut vessels and drain blood from the body.
Crude tools
also practiced this as a form of “Bloodletting” as early as 1400 BC.
Ancient Egyptians
Phlebotomy became widely accepted during his time. [name and year]
Hippocrates (460 – 377 BC)
Hippocrates’ time is where health was believed to be dependent on the balance of the humors.
Earth –
Air –
Fire –
Water –
blood & brain, phlegm & lungs, black bile & spleen , yellow bile & gallbladder
To keep the balance, excess _______ is removed by bloodletting.
humor
is vital to the correct diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of a patient’s condition.
Laboratory testing of blood specimens
constitute 70% of the objective information used by health-care providers to manage patient care and resolve patient health problems.
Laboratory results
The quality of a test result is only as good as the quality of the __________________.
specimen analyzed
can compromise the integrity of a successfully collected specimen.
failure to adhere to the collection procedure
Approximately 56% of laboratory error occurs during this phase of laboratory testing.
(a process that occurs before testing of the sample)
Preanalytical phase
Influencing factors are the responsibilities of the blood collector and it includes:
- Monitoring of specimen ordering
- Correct patient identification
- Patient communication and safety
- Patient preparation
- Timing of collections
- Phlebotomy equipment
- Collection techniques
- Specimen labeling
- Specimen transportation to the laboratory
- Specimen processing
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE 1
Obtain and accession the test request
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE2.
Identify the patient
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE3.
Verify diet restrictions
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE4.
Prepare the patient for testing
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE5.
Assemble equipment and supplies
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE6.
Wash hands and put on gloves
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE7.
Reassure patient
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE8.
Position patient
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE9.
Apply the tourniquet.
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE10.
Ask the patient to make a fist
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE11.
Select the venipuncture site
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE12.
Release the tourniquet.
PHLEBOTOMY: COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE13.
Clean the site