CAP Pro Course - Phlebotomy - Venipuncture

Continuing Education Credits

• P.A.C.E.® Contact Hours: 1 hour(s)
• Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Science CE Credit Hours -
  General: 1 hour(s)

Objectives

• Recognize the importance of proper patient preparation for venipuncture and describe these steps including patient approach, positive patient identification, and pre-collection requirements necessary for safe blood collection.
• Identify blood collection tubes according to stopper color and additive and define the recommended order of draw sequence and its importance to specimen integrity.
• Describe the steps for correct venipuncture performance, including site selection and preparation, and acknowledge common blood collection procedural errors.
• Address appropriate post-venipuncture safety measures including needle safety, specimen labeling, and disposal of contaminated venipuncture supplies.
• Explain potential patient complications and specimen integrity concerns resulting from venipuncture that compromises specimen quality and patient care.

Course Outline

• Recognize the importance of proper patient preparation for venipuncture and describe these steps including patient approach, positive patient identification, and pre-collection requirements necessary for safe blood collection.
• Introduction to Venipuncture
• Patient Orders
• Specimen Collection Priorities
• Venipuncture Supplies
• Approaching the Patient
• Patient Care Partnership and Consent to Treatment
• Patient Identification
• Patient Preparation
• An elderly patient reports to the XYZ Outpatient Center with a doctor's order for pre-surgical testing. After registration, the patient brings her pap...
• A phlebotomist enters a young female patient's room for a routine blood collection. The patient becomes very apprehensive about the venipuncture and o...
• A new phlebotomist has completed their training checklist and is collecting patient specimens by themself today. The first patient is ushered to their...
• An experienced phlebotomist, Jeff, enters the hospital room of Mr. Johnson. He quickly looks around the room as he greets Mr. Johnson, explains his in...
• Which of the following information is not required on a test requisition?
• Identify blood collection tubes according to stopper color and additive and define the recommended order of draw sequence and its importance to specimen integrity.
• Blood Collection Tube Basics: The Evacuated Tube System
• Understanding Serum versus Plasma Requirements
• Blood Collection Additives
• The Order of Draw
• Maintaining Specimen Integrity
• A phlebotomist on the medical/surgical floor has had a difficult patient draw and used a winged collection device for a hand vein puncture on an elder...
• The following tests have been ordered for a patient who arrives at the outpatient laboratory for a blood draw:Potassium Fasting glucose CBC Prothrombi...
• Which of the following is a correct statement regarding the expiration date on blood tubes?
• A phlebotomist has selected the following blood collection tubes for a venipuncture on a patient in the ED who has multiple laboratory tests ordered:L...
• Which of the following statements regarding serum and plasma specimen collection is correct?
• Describe the steps for correct venipuncture performance, including site selection and preparation, and acknowledge common blood collection procedural errors.
• Proper Site Selection and Sites to Avoid
• Cleansing the Site and Proper Tourniquet Application
• Performing the Venipuncture
• Common Venipuncture Procedural Errors
• Which of the following statements regarding tourniquet use represents best practices in blood collection?
• Indicate the correct order of preference for the use of antecubital veins for venipuncture; prioritize from first to last choice.
• During a routine venipuncture, a new phlebotomist had difficulty drawing a patient and was unsuccessful in obtaining blood. Which of the following is ...
• A geriatric patient has an order for blood collection. The phlebotomist assesses the patient for available venipuncture sites and sees an active IV in...
• Address appropriate post-venipuncture safety measures including needle safety, specimen labeling, and disposal of contaminated venipuncture supplies.
• Needle Safety Features and Disposal Methods
• Specimen Labeling
• Safe Disposal of Venipuncture Supplies
• Specimen labeling guidelines for blood collection tubes suggest which of the following rules is best for quality patient care?
• A phlebotomist drops off multiple blood collection tubes from a single patient in the processing area of the laboratory. All the tubes except for one ...
• When should disposal of the needle used in patient venipuncture occur?
• Where and when should patient specimens be labeled?
• Explain potential patient complications and specimen integrity concerns resulting from venipuncture that compromises specimen quality and patient care.
• Avoidance of Preanalytical Errors
• Potential Patient Complications
• Specimen Integrity Issues
• Which of the following is not an example of a direct specimen integrity issue?
• A phlebotomist has chosen to use a winged collection device rather than a straight needle to draw a coagulation test (prothrombin time or PT) on a pat...
• Which of the following is an example of a preanalytical error in blood collection that greatly impacts specimen quality AND is obvious to the laborato...
• Ms. Sharp had blood drawn earlier this morning at Memorial Hospital Outpatient Clinic. Her venipuncture was problematic as she had difficult veins to ...
• References
• References

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