Which of the following should be done before a phlebotomy technician selects equipment for a blood draw?

Why is it especially important that a phleboto- my technician take care when drawing from a patient who is quadriplegic?

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the

When should gloves be removed and replaced?

Gray topped tubes typically have two additives.  What are the actions of these two additives?

Which set of adaptations is appropriate when drawing blood from a pediatric patient?

If a patient has orders for therapeutic drug monitoring and must have blood drawn at trough medication levels, when should her blood be drawn?

An endocrinologist has ordered a thyroid panel and fasting blood glucose tests for a patient.  Which of these choices represents a possible tube choice?

Drawing a patient’s blood for routine testing after she has expressed that she does not wish to have the procedure performed may be considered 

A patient indicates that phlebotomy technicians have always had the best luck drawing blood from his right arm, but no suitable site can be found in the right arm after visual inspection and palpation.  What should the phlebotomy technician do next?