Expires: February 19, 2022

Presentation

Video length: 62 minutes

Overview

This phlebotomy webinar focuses on the origins of difficult collections and the situations that result in them. We will discuss tips and techniques that can often eliminate or greatly reduce the difficulty of the venipuncture process in these situations. This includes methodologies that emphasize specimen quality.

Presenter

Randy Gruhlke, M.S., PBT(ASCP)
Instructor in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Danny Grabau, CPT(NHA)
Instructor in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Recognize the physiological origins and/or conditions that can lead to difficult collections.
• Identify the techniques and methodologies that reduce the degree of difficulty in performing specimen collection.
• Review equipment choices for successful specimen collections in difficult situations while maintaining specimen quality.

Intended Audience

This series is appropriate for phlebotomists, phlebotomy managers, phlebotomy educators, and other patient-care staff involved in specimen collection.

Credit

The following types of credit are offered for this event:
ASCLS P.A.C.E.^®

Level of instruction for this program is intermediate.

To obtain credit:

1. Watch the video.
2. Complete the posttest and evaluation that launches immediately following the video.
3. Generate and print your certificate(s).

ASCLS P.A.C.E.^®

Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® program. This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.0 P.A.C.E.® contact hour.

State of California

Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a Continuing Education Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences for the State of California. This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.

State of Florida

Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a Continuing Education Accrediting Agency for the Clinical Laboratory Sciences for the State of Florida. Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel has designated this program for Supervision/Administration, Quality Control/Quality Assurance credit. This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.

Faculty Disclosure

Course director(s), planning committee, faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty members also will disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentations. Disclosure of this information will be published in course materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentations.

Questions?

Contact us: mcleducation@mayo.edu