Transforming Blood Collection: The Emerging Role of Autonomous Robotic Phlebotomy
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2026
11 a.m.–noon CT
Cost
Free for all participants.
Overview
This presentation explores the emerging role of autonomous robotic phlebotomy in transforming blood collection. We will examine key preanalytic challenges, identify high-opportunity use cases for robotic collection, and review clinical findings, including recently published data in Clinical Chemistry. The presentation will also highlight human-factors studies conducted at Mayo Clinic, providing insight into patient acceptance, usability, and the role of human oversight. Together, these insights offer a practical look at how autonomous blood collection may impact specimen quality, workflow, workforce models, and the future of laboratory medicine.
Presenter
Brooke Katzman, Ph.D.
Co-Director of Hospital Clinical Laboratory, Central Clinical Laboratory, and Point of Care
Director of Laboratory Services
Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Division of Clinical Core Laboratory Services
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify key preanalytic challenges and high-opportunity use cases for autonomous robotic blood collection.
- Evaluate clinical and human-factors evidence related to performance, specimen quality, safety, and patient acceptance of autonomous robotic phlebotomy.
- Discuss the potential implications of autonomous robotic phlebotomy for laboratory workflow, workforce models, and the future of blood collection.
Intended audience
This webinar is intended for laboratory directors and managers, medical laboratory scientists and technicians, phlebotomists and specimen collection professionals, clinical laboratory staff, quality and patient safety professionals, and other healthcare professionals interested in laboratory automation, innovation, and blood collection practices.
Credit
The following types of credit are offered for this event:
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 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 General credit. This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.
To obtain credit
To obtain credit:
- Register for and participate in the program.
- Complete the evaluation that will be sent to you after the program.
- Generate and print your certificate(s).
Level of instruction for this program is intermediate.
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
