Professional Practice Skills

This short video demonstrates how to perform venipuncture.

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.

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