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Phlebotomy Handbook: Blood Collection Essentials - Softcover

Garza EdD MLS (ASCP) CM, Diana; Becan-McBride EdD MLS (ASCP) CM, Kathleen

 
9780130928870: Phlebotomy Handbook: Blood Collection Essentials
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0130928879 ISBN 13: 9780130928870
Publisher: Pearson, 2001

Synopsis

For medical lab technology, medical assisting, respiratory therapy, radiological technology, and nursing courses.

This text is the most accurate and current source of blood and specimen collection information for today's health care students and professionals. Designed to provide health care professionals with the clinical, technical, and communication skills and knowledge, it features sections devoted to safety; equipment and collection; special procedures and point of care testing; and quality and legal issues.

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From the Back Cover

Phlebotomy Handbook: Blood Collection Essentials Sixth Edition

The most accurate and current source of blood and specimen collection information on the market, Phlebotomy Handbook: Blood Collection Essentials, 6th Edition is designed to provide healthcare professionals with all the clinical, technical, and communication skills they need to know related to specimen collection. Revised and updated, the new 6th edition contains the latest information on the risks and hazards associated with specimen collection while retaining the hallmark sections devoted to safety, equipment, special procedures, and legal issues that have made it a bestseller. Whether your field is medical technology, medical assisting, respiratory therapy, radiological technology, or nursing, Phlebotomy Handbook as the information you need. Included are:

  • The latest standards related to the Needlestick Prevention Act.
  • Current risks and hazards information including prevention methods.
  • Expanded discussion of age-related competencies, trans-cultural communication, and nonverbal and verbal communication strategies.
  • Expanded coverage of the circulatory system.
  • Expanded sections related to ethical issues.
  • New Performance Checklists.
  • Coverage of Point-of-Care Testing.
  • Clinical Alerts.

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Publisher
Pearson
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0130928879
ISBN 13 
9780130928870
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
6
Number of pages
544