Question and Answer Review for Phlebotomy

KATHLEEN BECAN-MCBRIDE, EdD, MT(ASCP), CLS (NCA), is Director of Community Outreach & Education at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She has published 13 books and over fifty journal articles. She has been educating students in the health professions since 1973. DIANA GARZA, EdD, MT (ASCP), CLS (NCA), is Associate Research Professor and Project Director for Interdisciplinary Health Care Education at Texas Woman's University, Institute of Health Sciences, in Houston, Texas. She is also an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She has published nine books, numerous journal articles, and has been on several editorial boards for health journals. She has been educating students in the health professions since 1981.

I. OVERVIEW.

 1. Phlebotomy Practice and Health Care Settings.
 2. Basic Anatomy and Physiology of Organ Systems.
 3. The Circulatory System.
II. SAFETY PROCEDURES.

 4. Infection Control.
 5. Safety and First Aid.
 6. Specimen Documentation and Transportation.
III. EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES.

 7. Blood Collection Equipment.
 8. Venipuncture Procedures.
 9. Skin Puncture Procedures.
10. Complications in Blood Collections.
IV. SPECIAL PROCEDURES AND POINT-OF-CARE TESTING.

11. Pediatric Procedures.
12. Arterial, Intravenous (IV), and Special Collection Procedures.
13. Elderly, Home, and Long-Term Care Collections.
14. Urinalysis and Body Fluid Collections.
15. Specimen Collection for Forensic Toxicology, Workplace Testing, Sports Medicine.
V. QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL ISSUES.

16. Quality, Competency, and Performance Assessment.
17. Legal and Regulatory Issues.
18. Practice Test
Appendices: Medical Measurement, Formulas, and Symbols.

Index.