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

A patient with bilateral leg pain hurts on

The stenosis in spinal stenosis refers to an abnormal condition of

When a patient is in an isolation room, where should the phlebotomy technician doff any required PPE?

Which of these patient reactions should be documented, but is not a cause for discontinuing a draw or likely to affect analytes?

When passing another phlebotomy technician’s drawing station a PBT overhears him telling the patient that if she does not extend her arm, he will have to extend it for her and strap it down for the draw.  What is the passing PBT’s best course of action?

After completing a blood draw the phlebotomy technician should always 

How should a phlebotomy technician respond if, after a site is selected and cleaned and equipment prepared, the patient pushes down his sleeve and clutches his arm to his chest?

Label the heart image. [1] ___________________ [2] ___________________ [3] ___________________ [4] ___________________ [5] ___________________ [6] ___________________

When performing venipuncture on a school aged child, which needle gauge is the best choice?