Description: With emphasis on a hands-on approach to learning, this book gives you the knowledge needed to become a multi-skilled professional. Now printed in full-color, step-by-step photographs and summaries illustrate each procedure providing a visual guide for learning important skills. The third edition is updated to incorporate the numerous advances in safety equipment related to collection of a blood sample, and maintains its readability and concise manner of presentation. Product Benefits: - Updated to reflect the latest Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) standard procedures.
- New Full color text design includes full-color photographs, illustrations and identification charts.
- A New Section listing the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) Phlebotomist Competencies is added to the beginning of each chapter.
- Summary text boxes are added throughout the chapters to highlight important points.
- New chapters on Caring for the Pediatric Patient and ?Specimen Preparation and Handling? are added.
- Step-by-step procedures illustrate and summarize important skills throughout the book.
- Competency check-off lists are included in an appendix to identify the key responsibilities of a phlebotomist.
- Multiple test questions at the end of each chapter provide important comprehension checks.
Table of Contents: List of Procedures
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction to Phlebotomy
Chapter 2 Safety in Phlebotomy
Chapter 3 Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 4 Phlebotomy Equipment
Chapter 5 Phlebotomy Technique
Chapter 6 The Challenge of Phlebotomy
Chapter 7 Caring for the Pediatric Patient
Chapter 8 Specimen Considerations and Special Procedures
Chapter 9 Specimen Preparation and Handling
Chapter 10 Customer Service
Chapter 11 Compliance,
Chapter 12 Competency
Appendix A NAACLS Phlebotomist Competencies
Appendix B Competency Checklists
Appendix C Frequently Ordered Laboratory Tests
Appendix D Answers to Review Questions
Appendix E Glossary
Index |
