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1st step in blood collection
Review and Accession test Request
2nd step in blood collection
Approach, Identify, and prepare Patient
3rd step in blood collection
Verify Diet restrictions and Latex Sensitivity
4th step in blood collection
Sanitize hands
SKILLS USED IN PHLEBOTOMY
Number to identify all paperwork and
supplied associated with each patient
Accession
Number
test request form
accession number
computerized
manual
Contain actual labels placed on the specific
tubes immediately after collection
Computerized ●
what does manual require
Multipart carbon form
● Imprinting plate
○ Full name, ID #, Rm #, Physician’s
name, Request tests (handwritten
only)
● Can be given to the phlebotomist or the
patient
Manual
receipt of test request
Computer
requisitions
for inpatients
Outpatients
● print out at a special computer terminal
at the phlebotomist station in the
laboratory
Computer
requisitions
for inpatients
● laboratory requisitions or prescription
slips with test orders written on them by
their physicians
Outpatients
REVIEWING THE TEST REQUEST
Phlebotomist
must
ACCESSIONING OF TEST RESULTS
● Process of recording in the order received
● This means to take steps to unmistakably connect the
specimen and the accompanying paperwork with a
specic individual
● It ensures prompt and accurate processing from receipt
of the order to reporting of test results
Phlebotomist
must
Check
Verify
Identify
Determine
● responsible for taking them to a blood
collection site
Outpatients
