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Dermal puncture may also be called

If a patient asks a phlebotomy technician for her opinion about the doctor who ordered his tests, the phlebotomy technician should

Place the Capillary tubes ibn the Correct Order of Draw

When should a phlebotomy technician label and initial tubes drawn from patients in hospital rooms?

In addition to causing pain for the patient, probing for a vein can result in ______, which may affect analytes in a specimen.

Which of the following techniques is an acceptable way to make a patient’s veins appear more prominently ?

Which of the following will help a phlebotomy technician avoid having a patient’s vein roll away when the needle is inserted?

A patient has orders for a fasting blood glucose test.  What should the phlebotomy technician do before inspecting the patient’s arm for an acceptable venipuncture site?

Which of the following is true of patient fasting?

For which of the following tests commonly performed on newborns should an amber microcollection tube be used?