For decades now, drawing blood from a vein, has been the main way of obtaining a blood sample to run clinical tests to determine one's health or to monitor a health condition. This method has...
Category: Phlebotomy Info
Differences Between Fingerstick And Venipuncture For Glucose
I have pricked patients' fingers to obtain blood for testing glucose as well as drawn blood from individuals' veins for glucose tests. While glucose is the analyte tested in both methods, the...
At some time in life, every person will do a blood test, and not only one but multiple as life goes on. Blood tests are common and every day millions of blood tests are done around the world....
It used to be that all 50 states required blood tests before getting a marriage license but that is no longer the case. Premarital blood tests have been done away with. Blood tests are no longer...
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...
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...