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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?

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

The stage of anesthesia that begins with loss of consciousness is

When performing a draw on an inpatient with a recent mastectomy, the phlebotomy technician finds that an IV is running in the arm on the non-mastectomy side.  Which site should the phlebotomy technician use?

When a blood culture is ordered along with other tests, which tube is filled first?

Collection tubes with _____ _____ should not be used for therapeutic drug testing.

How is a five-year-old child most likely to be positioned for venipuncture?

What action should be taken immediately after a phlebotomy needle has been removed?

A patient with bilateral leg pain hurts on