Description
Book SynopsisPresents up-to-date coverage of routine procedures and their complications as well specialized procedures, quality and infection control, state-of-the-art equipment, medical terminology, ethical and legal issues, body systems, and related diagnostic laboratory tests. Videos, animations, and review questions online help you to excel.
Table of Contents
- PART ONE PHLEBOTOMY AND THE HEALTHCARE FIELD
- 1. Phlebotomy and the Healthcare Delivery System
- 2. The Clinical Laboratory
- 3. Safety and Infection Control
- PART TWO BODY SYSTEMS
- 4. Basic Medical Terminology
- 5. Basic Anatomy and Physiology
- 6. The Circulatory System
- PART THREE PHLEBOTOMY TECHNIQUES
- 7. Venipuncture Equipment
- 8. Routine Venipuncture
- 9. Pre-examination Variables and Venipuncture Complications
- 10. Special Blood Collection
- 11. Dermal Puncture
- 12. Arterial Blood Collection
- PART FOUR ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES
- 13. Point-of-Care Testing
- 14. Additional Duties of the Phlebotomist
- PART FIVE QUALITY PHLEBOTOMY
- 15. Ethical and Legal Issues
- 16. Quality Management in Phlebotomy
- APPENDIX A: Common Laboratory Tests and the Collection Tube Requirements
- APPENDIX B: Answers to Study Questions
- APPENDIX C: Answers to Clinical Situations
- APPENDIX D: Abbreviations
- APPENDIX E: English-Spanish Phrases for Phlebotomy
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
