(1) Blood was collected by phlebotomy from the antecubital vein.(2) Patients may also undergo phlebotomy at a blood center.(3) The student should be aware of one cause of pseudohyperkalemia, hemolysis, since it is not an uncommon occurrence when tourniquets are used during phlebotomy or when improper handing of a blood sample causes a breakdown of the cells.(4) The performance of phlebotomy by nursing staff benefits the patient in that the blood specimen is collected and intravenous fluids are started at the same time, thus causing less trauma to the patient.(5) Experimental reductions in cardiac index and hepatic blood flow induced by phlebotomy are rapidly corrected by albumin resuscitation, whereas crystalloids require double the volume.(6) The needle was withdrawn and the specimen laid on the phlebotomy tray while the phlebotomist applied pressure to the puncture site for five minutes.(7) Lab assistants in many labs today are liaisons to the point of care phlebotomists , usually acting as experts in phlebotomy in health care institutions.(8) Most outpatient phlebotomy specimens were collected by phlebotomists who worked under the administration of the laboratory.(9) Phlebotomy is the most common invasive procedure performed on inpatients, and using phlebotomists for case finding adds very little additional work.(10) The performance improvement suggestion derived from best and most improved performers was implementation of an institutional policy for phlebotomists to refuse to perform phlebotomy on a patient without a correct wristband.(11) Arabic physicians phlebotomized the distal portion of the greater saphenous vein (GSV) at the ankle.(12) The pole represents the stick patients would grab while being phlebotomized ; the white stripes represent the bandages and the red stripes, the blood.
