Student Resources

General Phlebotomy Materials

• Student Handbook

PLAB 1223/1023 Materials

• Course Outline, Objectives and Lecture Guide
• Lab Manual

Online Activities

• Illustration of Needle Inserted into an Artery
• Problems With Needle Insertion
• Quiz on Basic Phlebotomy
• Tube Identification
• Case Studies
  • Moving the Needle During Phlebotomy
  • Sample Contaminated With IV Fluid

Clinical Forms

• Syllabus for Clinical Practicum
• Accident Report Forms (You must print out this document and take it with you in clinical EVERY DAY.)
  • Insurance Form (THIS MUST BE AT THE FRONT OF YOUR NOTEBOOK)
  • Accident Report Form
  • General Instructions
• Fingerstick Check-Off Sheet
• Venipuncture Check-Off Sheet
• Heelstick Check Off Sheet
• Weekly Evaluation
• Final Evaluation
• Venipuncture Objectives
• Capillary Collection Objectives
• Clinical Log Sheet
• Site Evaluation
• Consent Form For Laboratory Practice

General Phlebotomy Sites

• BD Vacutainer System
• Blood Collection Tube Top Colors Terry Kotrla's Phlebotomy Web Page
• Blood Collection Tubes Order of the Draw Calgary Laboratory Services
• Blood Panels Explained
• Blood Transfer Device (BD) - blood drawn into a syringe must be tranferred with a safety device see video for use
• Blood Tubes and Their Uses FAQs from Becton Dickinson
• Collection of Blood for Laboratory Testing -order of draw incorrect, same for syringe or venipuncture and red AFTER light blue is current recommendation
• Center For Phlebotomy Education
• Decipher - look up lab test abbreviations
• Evacuated Blood Collection Tube Guide McClendon Clinical Laboratory
• Greiner-Vacuette
• Guidelines for Phlebotomy Training pdf from CAP today
• Heelstick BD pdf document illustrating procedure and order of collection
• Handbook for Interprettion of Laboratory Tests Auckland, New Zealand
• Lab Notes -Published by BD Diagnostics - Preanalytical Systems, LabNotes, helps keep readers current on safety and efficiency issues in the clinical laboratory environment.
• Lab Tests Online
• Minimum Blood Specimen Requirements
• Order of the Draw from BD based on the CURRENT Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) Guidelines
• Phlebotomy and Blood Labs Terre Haute Center for Medical Education, PSP
• Phlebotomy CEU module for RNs, LPNs, Nurse Practitioners FLC Nursing
• Phlebotomy Puncture Juncture: Preventing Phlebotomy Errors - Potential For Harming Your Patients
• Point-of-Care Testing
  • Point Of Care Testing: Issues, Answers and Future Challenges (Part 1)
  • Point Of Care Testing: Issues, Answers and Future Challenges (Part 2)
  • Microbiology in the Physician's Office Laboratory
• Managing Preanalytical Variability in Hematology - LabNotes Volume 14, No.1 2004
• Respect the Needle
• Rooting out 'invisible' blood collection errors CAP
• Syringe Draw
• The Hemolyzed Specimen: Causes, Effects, and Reduction pdf LabNotes Volume 13 No.1, Winter 2003
• Troubleshooting Erroneous Potassiums in a Clinical Laboratory Setting pdf LabNotes Volume 13 No.3, Summer 2003
• Vacuette Tubes - order of draw incorrect, red (plastic or glass) are drawn AFTER light blue, but good site overall
• University Hospital of Arkansas Clinical Laboratory

Tutorials/Case Studies

• BD Eclipse - Video demonstrating the use of this safety device
• Drawing Above an IV
• Flash Card Tutorial to Match Tube Colores With Lab Tests (New 2/2002)
• Patient Instructions and Preparation Emphasis on pre-analytical errors and causes of sample rejection (from CAP)
• Phlebotomy CEU module for RNs, LPNs, Nurse Practitioners
• Pre-Analytical Factors Affecting Laboratory Results Emphasis: Phlebotomy
• Specimen Collection, Preparation and Handling - excellent information for the most part EXCEPT transferring blood from syringe
• Welcome To Phlebotomy
• When The Needle Moves

Glucose Testing

• JCAHO Standard FAQ - Patient Self Glucose Testing - 2/3/05

Blood Collection Safety Equipment

• BD

• Greiner Bio-One

• List of Links to Safety Equipment
• Portex
• SAFE-T-FILL® Capillary Blood Collection Tubes RAM Scientific’s SAFE-T-FILL Capillary Blood Collection Tubes

Newborn Screening

• Texas Department of Health
• Wisonsin Newborn Screening Program pdf
• March of Dimes

Phlebotomy Certification and Professional Organizations and Continuing Education

• American Society of Clinical Pathology , Examination Content Guideline
• American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians
• MediaLab Inc., Online Continuing Education for Phlebotomists
• National Certification Agency
• National Phlebotomy Association

Phlebotomy Safety, Standard Precautions and PPE

• Are You in Compliance with Personal Protective Equipment Requirements? OSHA Fact Sheet
• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Bloodborne Infectious Diseases HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus
• Handwashing Versus the Use of Alcohol Rubbing Solutions
• Needlestick Safety Act - of great importance is that OSHA mandates that needle holders cannot be reused.
• Standard Precautions - due to inconsistent use of Universal Precautions the CDC now recommends Standard Precautions. Two excellent articles explain the process
  Part I. Evolution of Isolation Practices CDC
  Part II. Recommendations for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals CDC

Forensics

• Collection and Preservation of Blood Evidence from Crime Scenes

Fun Sites

• The Drawing Room: Phlebotomists discussing phlebotomy Online Discussion Board
• MSN Phlebotomy Group Online Discussion Board
• Phlebotomy: The Ancient Art of Bloodletting
• Phlebotomy Facts and Fun
• You're A What? Phlebotomist

General Laboratory Sites With Information on Laboratory Tests

• Pacific Laboratory Medicine Services-Go to "Test Directory"
• Central Sydney Laboratory Service-follow links to "Handbook"
• Heart Center Online - Very nice explanations on tests to diagnose heart disease
• SydPath The Institute for Laboratory Medicine- go to "SydPath Test Database"
• Canterbury Health Laboratories-go to "tests"

Legal Issues

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountibility Act (HIPAA) - (although some folks are known to call it "Healthcare Idiotic Patient Privacy Act" )
  • Final HIPAA Privacy Rules
  • HIPAA Public Law 104-191 - the actual law
• Advanced Beneficiary Notification
  • Sample Forms
  • Legal Issues

General Medical Information Sites

• Medical/Pharma Abbreviations