Phlebotomy Handbook: Blood Speciman Collection from Basic to Advanced is a comprehensive book covering blood and specimen collection. It 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; competencies important in the workplace; strategies for the certification process and securing a job; and extensive coverage on transcultural communication skills for all ages. Aside from its updated technical and procedural information, this edition is easy-to-read in a step-by-step format. New features to this edition are: Action and Practice presents an additional case study with questions to test your critical thinking skills; Check Yourself presents a brief description of a procedure to be performed along with questions to test your knowledge of the requirements and steps to perform to complete the procedure; and Competency Checklists provide a list of competencies you should master relevant to the chapter content and NAACLS competencies.

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Phlebotomy practice and quality assessment -- Communication, computerization, and documentation -- Professional ethics, legal, and regulatory issues -- Infection control -- Safety and first aid -- Medical terminology, anatomy and physiology of organ systems -- The cardiovascular and lymphatic systems -- Blood collection equipment -- Preanalytical complications causing medical errors in blood collection -- Venipuncture procedures -- Capillary blood specimens -- Specimen handling, transportation, and processing -- Pediatric and geriatric procedures -- Point-of-care collections -- Arterial, intravenous (IV), and special collection procedures -- Urinalysis, body fluids, and other specimens -- Drug use, forensic toxicology, workplace testing, sports medicine, and related areas.