The most frequent reasons cited for the injury were needle disposal and venipuncture. Fewer years of experience, frequent performance of venipuncture, and recent adding of phlebotomy or ...

It’s distressing for the patient and perhaps even more distressing for the parents: your child needs a blood test, but the phlebotomist has trouble locating his tiny veins, and is forced to ...

During venipuncture (blood draw), the phlebotomist ... drawn while lying down to minimise the risk of passing out and injury. Hydration helps maintain blood pressure and can also reduce the ...

Phlebotomy is when someone uses a needle to take blood from a vein, usually in your arm. Also called a blood draw or venipuncture, it’s an important tool for diagnosing many medical conditions.

Blood collection is one of the most common diagnostic procedures in chelonian species. Knowledge and case-dependent selection of appropriate sampling sites are necessary to obtain a diagnostic ...

THE success of chronic hemodialysis in terminal renal failure depends on repeated access to blood vessels that will provide a continuous flow of up to 250 to 300 ml. per minute. A technic was ...