Phlebotomy: The science behind the collection of an optimum blood specimen

A phlebotomy tutorial used to teach the skills necessary in obtaining an optimum blood sample. This course is intended to teach laboratory procedures leading to obtain a blood sample. Nursing staff including Registered Nurse (RN's), Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA's), Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's), Emergency Department Technicians (EDT's), Patient Care attendants (PCA's), Patient Care Technicians (PCT's) and more have all had the task of phlebotomy thrust upon them and given minimal training. If this is you please, do yourself a favor and enroll in this class. Learn the skills that they did not teach you. Learn what the possible interfering conditions that cause redraw after redraw. Become an asset, learn the phlebotomy techniques that you may not be performing on the unit you work at.