WHO guidelines on drawing blood best practices in phlebotomy
Phlebotomy uses large, hollow needles to remove blood specimens for lab testing or blood donation. Each step in the process carries risks - both for patients and health workers. Patients may be bruised. Health workers may receive needle-stick injuries. Both can become infected with bloodborne organi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Geneva, Switzerland
Safe Injection Global Network, World Health Organization
2010, [2010]
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| Summary: | Phlebotomy uses large, hollow needles to remove blood specimens for lab testing or blood donation. Each step in the process carries risks - both for patients and health workers. Patients may be bruised. Health workers may receive needle-stick injuries. Both can become infected with bloodborne organisms such as hepatitis B, HIV, syphilis or malaria. Moreover, each step affects the quality of the specimen and the diagnosis. A contaminated specimen will produce a misdiagnosis. Clerical errors can prove fatal. The new WHO guidelines provide recommended steps for safe phlebotomy and reiterate accepted principles for drawing, collecting blood and transporting blood to laboratories/blood banks |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title page |
| Physical Description: | 1 PDF file (xv, 109 pages) illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9789241599221 |