Thoroughly updated and enhanced by new print and electronic ancillaries, this full-color text provides accurate, practical information and instruction on phlebotomy procedures with a comprehensive background in theory and principles.

Reflecting current CLSI guidelines, NAACLS competencies, and federal regulations, Phlebotomy Essentials Fourth Edition includes updated information on safety issues and equipment, laboratory information systems and instrumentation, legal issues, and diagnostic tests. This edition also includes caution notes identifying dangerous practices and problem areas.

An accompanying CD-ROM includes clinical procedures videos, animations, electronic flashcards, and a glossary with audio pronunciations.

Contents

The Healthcare Setting

1. Phlebotomy: Past and Present and the Healthcare Setting
2. Quality Assurance and Legal Issues
3. Infection Control, Safety, First Aid, and Personal Wellness

Overview of the Human Body

4. Medical Terminology
5. Human Anatomy and Physiology Review
6. The Circulatory System

Blood Collection Procedures

7. Blood Collection Equipment, Additives, and Order of Draw
8. Venipuncture Specimen Collection Procedures
9. Blood Collection Variables, Complications, and Procedural Errors
10. Skin Puncture Equipment and Procedures

Special Procedures

11. Special Collections and Point-of-Care Testing
12. Arterial Puncture Procedures
13. Nonblood Specimens and Tests
14. Computers and Specimen Handling and Processing

Glossary

Appendices

• Answers to Study and Review Questions
• Conversational Phrases in English and Spanish
• AHA Management Advisory
• Listing of Departments and Tests
• Laboratory Mathematics
• Conditions Requiring Work Restrictions for Healthcare Employees

Index

Also available from C.H.I.P.S.:
Phlebotomy Essentials Workbook, 4th edition

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