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...

There are about three main areas for drawing blood: the median cubital, cephalic, and basilic veins. The forearm and at the back of the hand are also other possible areas for drawing a sample....

As a phlebotomist, I have drawn blood from the same person more than once but that was because of a specific test the person was doing. For most tests, blood will be drawn once, however, there...