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Top Online Resources for Phlebotomy Students

Tue, 29 Oct 2008 19:12:23 GMT

posted by trafficwrx

If a phlebotomy career is in your blood, and you’re pursuing career development in the field, here are some key online resources that provide information about the order of the draw, ongoing training, and professional certifications.

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
Since its founding in 1967, the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has become the leader in setting voluntary standards for phlebotomists and other health care technicians who collect samples. The CLSI website contains member forums, opportunities for volunteers and researchers, and a terminology database.

The CLSI sets standards for materials procedures, and methodology, guidelines, and reports. You can also download (for purchase) research articles in Chemistry, Hemostasis, Immunology, Quality Assurance, Microbiology, Laboratory, and more.

Phlebotomy Pages
This resource website hosts discussion groups and forums on Phlebotomist Jobs and Work, Phlebotomy Regulations and Rules, Venipuncture Tips, Passing Phlebotomy Exams, Phlebotomy Externship/Volunteer Work opportunities, and more.

There are also informational articles and detailed procedure videos on Venipuncture (by syringe, Vacutainer, butterfly needle, and finger stick), on the Vacutainer System, New Safety Tubes, Exposure Prevention, Spills Cleanup, Venipuncture Vocabulary, Phlebotomy Study Sheets on The Blood Panel, Blood The Fluid of Life, How to Handle the Fearful Child, and other topics.

Phlebotomy.com
Members can view lists of certification agencies, phlebotomy links, school directories, speaker services on this comprehensive site. Members receive access to Phlebotomy Central, the section of the site where they can read current and archived issues of Phlebotomy Today magazine, download detailed “To the Point” articles on collection tips, and scan The Manager’s Toolbox, documents, charts and literature for education.

National Phlebotomy Association
This non-profit certification organization offers exams and training materials to practicing phlebotomists seeking credentials. They offer a free download of their the National Phlebotomy Association General Information Handbook, designed to review the application and qualification requirements for certification.

The American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians
The American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians (ASPT) is the second-oldest certifying agency for phlebotomists. You’ll find information about the certificate exams as well as home-study materials and member newsletters.

Suspicions grow that drip death at clinic was caused by in-house infection

Tue, 9 Jul 2008 21:32:06 GMT

posted by Okinawa

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IGA, Mie -- A bacterium was detected in the blood of a female patient who died after being administered with an intravenous drip at a clinic accused of sloppy hygiene control, police said.

The latest finding boosted the possibility that the female patient, Machiko Ichikawa, 73, may have died due to an in-house infection after she was given an intravenous drip at the Tanimoto Orthopedic Clinic in Iga.

Police are looking to charge the clinic with professional negligence resulting in death and injury. Police had earlier searched the clinic on June 12 on charges of professional negligence resulting in injury.

According to police, serratia bacteria were detected in the blood of Ichikawa and other patients who were hospitalized at the clinic. Serratia bacteria was also found in the residual liquid of intravenous drips used at the clinic.

Ichikawa, from Iga, died on June 10, one day after she was administered with an intravenous drip at the clinic.

Mie Prefectural Police will try to determine the relationship between the cause of Ichikawa's death and serratia bacteria that were detected in her blood. Investigators will further study if the serratia bacteria found in Ichikawa's blood was the same strain as the bacteria that was found in the blood of other patients at the clinic.

A survey by the Mie Prefectural Government earlier found that DNA samples of serratia bacteria that were found in the blood of multiple patients who were hospitalized at the clinic matched the DNA samples of the serratia bacteria that was detected in the residual liquid of intravenous drips left at the clinic.

The prefectural government has determined that the in-hospital infection was triggered by the same strain of bacteria that got mixed into the intravenous drips used at the clinic.

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