Full Description
Competency is within your reach with Phlebotomy: A Competency-Based Approach. With Phlebotomy's pedagogy-rich format and plentiful "Learn How" features and "Competency Checklists", you can easily grasp not only essential phlebotomy skills and competencies but also the critical soft skills needed for a successful transition from classroom to lab.
Contents
CHAPTER 1 Phlebotomy and Healthcare
CHAPTER 2 Safety and Preparedness
CHAPTER 3 Infection Control
CHAPTER 4 Medical Terminology and Abbreviations
CHAPTER 5 Body Systems and Related Laboratory Tests
CHAPTER 6 The Cardiovascular System
CHAPTER 7 Patient and Specimen Requirements
CHAPTER 8 Blood Collection Equipment
CHAPTER 9 Venipuncture
CHAPTER 10 Dermal (Capillary) Puncture
CHAPTER 11 Blood Specimen Handling
CHAPTER 12 Quality Essentials
CHAPTER 13 Special Phlebotomy Procedures
CHAPTER 14 Collection of Non-Blood Specimens
CHAPTER 15 Waived Testing
CHAPTER 16 Practicing Professional Behavior
-APPENDIX A Standard Precautions
-APPENDIX B Transmission-Based Precautions
-APPENDIX C Prefixes, Suffixes, and Word Roots in Commonly Used Medical Terms
-APPENDIX D Abbreviations and Symbols Commonly Used in Medical Notations
-APPENDIX E Medical Laboratory Tests
