CAP TODAY Pathology/Laboratory Medicine/Laboratory Management
June 2017—The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute has published two new phlebotomy documents, “Collection of Diagnostic Venous Blood Specimens (GP41-Ed7)” and “Essential Elements of a Phlebotomy Training Program (GP48-Ed1).”
“Collection of Diagnostic Venous Blood Specimens” provides a process and procedures for diagnostic venous blood specimen collection. Special considerations for collections from vascular access devices, blood culture collection, and collections in isolation environments are addressed, as well as for responding to patient emergencies during phlebotomy procedures. An expanded appendix provides tips for collecting specimens from pediatric and other challenging patients.
Features of the revised document include a comprehensive literature review of more than 400 articles and studies, 149 new mandatory requirements for the procedure, and a reader-friendly design with more images, tables, and graphic elements.
“Essential Elements of a Phlebotomy Training Program” is a resource for developing curricula for phlebotomy training programs and courses. The document is designed for college and proprietary school educators, nurse educators, educational coordinators, laboratory directors and managers, phlebotomy supervisors, and other health care professionals or educators responsible for the development or implementation of a specimen collection training program.
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