Among the three methods of venipuncture, the butterfly system or winged infusion set, is probably the easiest to use and control when drawing blood for a blood test. The butterfly comes with a...

The evacuated tube system is the most used method for drawing blood. It comes with a needle, a tube holder, and a vacutainer tube. One end of the needle is screwed unto the tube holder. The other end...

Blood test results can change in a month. In fact, blood test results can change in a week. A month is a lot of time for a lab test result to change and be different from a previous one. There...

Two attempts at drawing blood should be made by a technician or phlebotomist when performing venipuncture. Normally, a phlebotomist will try to hit the vein and collect blood at the first...

Sometimes, you may be called by the doctor's office or laboratory to come back and do a blood test. When that happens, there is nothing to worry about. There are so many reasons why the laboratory or...

As a phlebotomist, I have been faced with situations where drawing blood from a person was quite difficult. In situations like these, you have to be patient and apply various techniques depending on...