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Equipment
Work duties of a phlebotomist technician Procedure
can be categorized into 4 categories Patient Care
Patient Information
- phlebotomists must ensure that all
equipment and areas used are sterile
- equipment includes needles, ban-
dages, gauzes, tubes, other
Equipment collection devices, as well as labels for
tubes
- tracking supplies to ensure that proper
amounts are always present - disposal of
needles and other used supplies
- correct puncture or incision of patient's
skin
- collecting the correct amount of blood or
Procedure other fluids - correct labeling of collection
tubes/devices
- completing and submitting documents
needed to lab
- reassuring patients, as some may have
fear of needles
- being able to answer questions that
patients may have
Patient Care
- verifying patient information to ensure
accuracy of tests or procedure - monitor-
ing patient during procedure to prevent
movement or fainting
- patients' rights must be respected
- keeping patients' medical records con-
fidential
Patient Information - accurate documentation of collection,
ordered tests, and test results - providing
accurate documentation to the laborato-
ry to ensure
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performance of tests ordered by physi-
cian
Include the use of data-based methods
in order to reach improvement
Quality Improvement Methods
Include flow charts and pareto charts
- used to break out components into dia-
Flowchart
grams in order to understand a process
- bar charts are made that show the fre-
Pareto Chart
quency of problems
Technique of Phlebotomist
What does quality improvement for spec-
Frequency of hematoma
imen collection involve?
Recollection Rates
Expiration Date
Stability Information
What is included in quality control Storage Information
records Proper Use
Precision of testing supplies/reagents
Accuracy of testing supplies/reagents
Hospital
Clinic
Doctor's office
Where can phlebotomists work? Laboratories
Blood Banks
Research Firms
Pharmaceutical Firms
institution which provides medical and
Hospital
surgical treatment
institution or hospital department focus-
Clinic
ing on diagnosis and care of outpatients
suite/office where doctors receive and
Doctor's Office
treat patients
Laboratory
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building or room where tests are per-
formed to evaluate specimens in order to
diagnose medical conditions
institution where blood is collected from
Blood Bank donors, and then stored and prepared for
transfusion
institution equipped for scientific/medical
Research Firm research that may specialize in basic re-
search or on specific areas
institution that develops and markets
Pharmaceutical Firm
drugs for use as medications
How must all needles be discarded? intact
A patient developed the infection while
What does it mean if an infection is clas-
they were in the hospital that was not
sified as nosocomical
present before entering the hospital
source
What is included in the chain of infection susceptible host
poor isolation technique
wash hands with soap and water if they
are visibly dirty
good hand-hygiene techniques reduce
Hygiene
number of outbreaks of infections
hand washing is the single most impor-
tant way to prevent spread of infection
gloves, masks, goggles, gowns, or coats
Equipment used to control infections
autoclaves (instruments for sterilizing un-
der pressure)
if exposed to blood due to a needle stick
or other sharp object, wash needle stick
and cut with soap and water
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