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Phlebotomy handbook : blood collection essentials / Diana Garza, Kathleen Becan-McBride.

Title: Phlebotomy handbook : blood collection essentials / Diana Garza, Kathleen Becan-McBride.
Author: Garza, Diana.
Publication: Stamford, Conn. : Appleton & Lange, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

Becan-McBride, Kathleen, 1949-

Description

xv, 494 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

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Genre/Form

Handbook.

Note

Includes one folded col. tube guide.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

I. Overview. 1. Phlebotomy Practice and Health Care Settings. 2. Basic Anatomy and Physiology of Organ Systems. 3. The Circulatory System. Phlebotomy Case Study: Changing Roles in Phlebotomy Practice -- Phlebotomy Case Study: Collection from the Dorsal Side of the Hand -- II. Safety Procedures. 4. Infection Control. 5. Safety and First Aid. 6. Specimen Documentation and Transportation. Phlebotomy Case Study: Accidental Injury -- Phlebotomy Case Study: Transporting Specimens from Homebound Patients to the Laboratory -- III. Equipment and Procedures. 7. Blood Collection Equipment. 8. Venipuncture Procedures. 9. Skin Puncture Procedures. 10. Complications in Blood Collections. Phlebotomy Case Study: Ambulatory Health Care Collections -- Phlebotomy Case Study: Venipuncture Site Selection -- IV. Special Procedures and Point-of-Care Testing. 11. Pediatric Procedures. 12. Arterial, Intravenous (IV), and Special Collection Procedures.
13. Elderly, Home, and Long-term Care Collections. 14. Urinalysis and Body Fluid Collections. 15. Specimen Collection for Forensic Toxicology, Workplace Testing, Sports Medicine, and Related Areas. Phlebotomy Case Study: Home Care Collections -- Phlebotomy Case Study: Bedside Glucose Testing -- Phlebotomy Case Study: Newborn Nursery Collections -- V. Quality Management and Legal Issues. 16. Quality, Competency, and Performance Assessment. 17. Legal and Regulatory Issues. Phlebotomy Case Study: Communication -- App. Units of Measurement and Symbols -- App. Metric Conversion Chart -- App. Formulas and Calculations -- App. Answers to Study Questions and Cases.

ISBN

0838581412 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

98022074

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries