Phlebotomy

This "Phlebotomy Webinar" will discuss the various types of swabs that can be used to collect specimens for SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing.

This “Phlebotomy Webinar" will discuss the what and why of quality metrics and indicators and how to determine which indicators to monitor.

This “Phlebotomy Webinar” will focus on the role of the phlebotomist and the changes adapted to provide service safely to COVID positive patients in different service areas (ED, ICU vs General floors).

This “Phlebotomy Webinar” will review the physiologic differences between capillary and venous blood, and discuss advantages and limitations to each specimen type.

This “Phlebotomy Webinar” will discuss types, sets, draws, and automated instruments for blood cultures.

This "Phlebotomy webinar" focuses on the origins of difficult collections and the situations that result in them.

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Brad Karon, M.D., Ph.D., will discuss recent information on the advantages and disadvantages of using butterfly needles for blood collection.

This "Phlebotomy webinar" will discuss ethical issues frequently faced by phlebotomists.

This “Phlebotomy” webinar reviews: Having a medical procedure or a lab draw can be fearful for children. Even if it is their first time or they have had a bad past experience, there are ways to make these procedures easier for children.

This "Phlebotomy" webinar will provide an introduction to cost of quality. The main components of the presentation will include discussions on the cost of attaining quality and the cost of poor quality.

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Brad Karon, M.D., Ph.D., will cover the need and evidence behind following the order of draw recommendations for routine blood collection. Specifically, does evidence demonstrate a need to collect serum tubes before either potassium EDTA or citrate tubes?

This “Phlebotomy” webinar will discuss how a patient’s “experience” is the entirety of all the interactions that person has had within the health care system. Each member of a health care team plays a role in enhancing patient satisfaction, which contributes to the patient experience.

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Brad Karon, M.D., Ph.D., describes how pseudohyperkalemia has many causes, from collection techniques, processing, and even transport. This presentation focuses on the various preanalytic and analytic causes of pseudohyperkalemia and what you as a phlebotomist can do to prevent it.