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Please note: The CD packaged with this product is no longer compatible with most current operating systems. """"Quality, safety, and education issues were obviously very much a part of the authors' agenda. I was pleased to see the authors concentrate efforts on why procedures and techniques are performed a certain way. I believe that understanding why we do things a certain way makes for less deviation from established protocols.""""- Carol Becker, MS, MLS(ASCP), Program Director, School of CLS/School of HT, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois. Rely on this comprehensive resource to master the techniques required to safely obtain quality specimens and to understand the whys as well as the hows. Their 3rd Edition reflects current CLSI standards and offers greater emphasis on quality assessment and preanalytical considerations. It includes up-to-date information on safety equipment, phlebotomy techniques, laboratory information and identification systems, ethical and legal issues, medical terminology, body systems and related diagnostic laboratory tests. Routine procedures and their complications as well as specialized phlebotomy, quality control, infection control, equipment, and additional duties of the phlebotomist are all thoroughly discussed. Hundreds of new full-color illustrations certification-style Study Questions new Procedure and Pre-analytical Consideration boxes and a CD-ROM with interactive student exercises and video clips make this edition even better than the last.

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Author:   Susan King Strasinger ,  Marjorie Schaub Di Lorenzo
Publisher:   F.A. Davis Company
Imprint:   F.A. Davis Company
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.10cm
Weight:   1.016kg
ISBN:  

9780803620575

ISBN 10:   0803620578
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   28 February 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Phlebotomy and the Healthcare Field Phlebotomy and the Healthcare Delivery System The Clinical Laboratory Regulatory, Ethical and Legal Issues Chapter 4: Safety and Infection Control Body Systems Basic Medical Terminology Basic Anatomy and Physiology Circulatory System Phlebotomy Techniques Venipuncture Equipment Routine Venipuncture Venipuncture Complications and Preexamination Variables Special Blood Collection Dermal Puncture Quality Assessment and Management in Phlebotomy Additional Techniques Arterial Blood Collection Point-of-Care Testing Additional Duties of the Phlebotomist AppendicesLaboratory Tests and the Required Type of Anticoagulants and Volume of Blood Answers to Study Questions Answers to Clinical Situations Abbreviations English-Spanish Phrases for Phlebotomy Glossary

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