Blood Collection
Phlebotomy Essentials by Call Number: IAHS RESERVES RB45.15 .M33 2024Publication Date: 2024 Eighth Edition2 copies of eighth edition available 3-day reserve loan period
A copy of the seventh edition is available as an ebook
Student Workbook for Phlebotomy Essentials by Call Number: IAHS RESERVES RB45.15 M33 2024 suppl.Publication Date: 20242 copies available from Reserve for a 3-day loan period
Phlebotomy Handbook: Blood Specimen Collection from Basic to Advanced by Call Number: IAHS STACKS RB45.15 .G37 2019Publication Date: 2019 Tenth Edition
- Performing Venipuncture (Video Duration 3 minutes)
This program demonstrates how to perform venipuncture. - Blood Collection: Performing Phlebotomy (Video Duration 31 minutes)This video demonstrates how to perform venipuncture, troubleshoot problems with gaining venous access, and recognize common complications. It reviews proper labeling used for various blood tests, the preparation procedure before drawing blood, venipuncture procedures, and types of equipment used as well as covering what information to include when documenting a blood draw.
- Blood Collection: Performing Phlebotomy
Includes a series of short instructional videos that cover; performing venipuncture, troubleshooting problems with gaining venous access, and common complications, also included are
guidelines for documentation.
Source: Medcom, 2015 - Blood Collection: Special Considerations (Video Duration 22 minutes)This video focuses on special considerations when performing phlebotomy on specific populations, including pediatric patients, the elderly, women who have had mastectomies, patients who are obese, and those who have needle phobia (belenophobia). It discusses the volume of blood at different developmental stages, shows techniques for alleviating stress of venipuncture, examines typical behavioral reactions of different ages, and demonstrates procedures for collecting blood from newborns, children, and elderly patients.