As an integral member of the health care team...
...the phlebotomy technician is responsible for collecting blood samples. Depending on the nature of the illness, the physician's need for additional information in order to make a more accurate diagnosis, or the need to determine how a patient is responding to various treatments or drug therapy, a phlebotomy technician will, upon doctor's orders, draw the requested sample from a patient using a technique referred to as a venipuncture. This venipuncture procedure, performed by a trained and qualified phlebotomy technician, involves drawing blood from the vein while using a sterilized hypodermic needle.At other times a phlebotomy tech may be needed to either draw blood or collect blood specimens when the patient is donating blood, is a participant in a medical research program, or is giving or receiving blood as part of a blood transfusion. In some instances, the phlebotomy tech may be called upon to be a calming voice and steady hand when working with a nervous patient, as well as a professional and responsive representative of the lab to which the tech is assigned, as the phlebotomy tech may be the only contact that patient may have with that particular laboratory environment.
As career opportunities for the well trained phlebotomy technician are expected to grow, Manhattan Institute is a great place to not only learn but also become properly qualified for a career that will start once your training is complete. Visit the new, newly renovated headquarters of Manhattan Institute – now located at 255 Fifth Ave | 6th Floor | btwn 28th & 29th Sts | NYC 10016 or call 212-564-1234 as someone is available 7 days a week to answer your questions.
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