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Intro To Phlebotomy

This document provides an overview of phlebotomy, including a brief history and introduction to healthcare facilities where phlebotomy is performed. It discusses legal issues related to patients' rights and responsibilities. The document also outlines the hierarchy of personnel in clinical laboratories and describes the roles of phlebotomists. A phlebotomist is trained to obtain blood specimens through venipuncture and microtechniques and must have technical, clerical, interpersonal, and organizational skills. The history of phlebotomy dates back to bloodletting practices from ancient times through the 1800s when it was commonly performed by barbers.

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Intro To Phlebotomy

This document provides an overview of phlebotomy, including a brief history and introduction to healthcare facilities where phlebotomy is performed. It discusses legal issues related to patients' rights and responsibilities. The document also outlines the hierarchy of personnel in clinical laboratories and describes the roles of phlebotomists. A phlebotomist is trained to obtain blood specimens through venipuncture and microtechniques and must have technical, clerical, interpersonal, and organizational skills. The history of phlebotomy dates back to bloodletting practices from ancient times through the 1800s when it was commonly performed by barbers.

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Intro to Phlebotomy

Paolo Abel Vita, RMT MLSP 2


Overview
Review of Healthcare Facilities

Legal Issues: Patient's rights and


responsibilities

Clinical Laboratory areas

Heirarchy of Clinical Lab Personnel

History of Phlebotomy

Characterics of a Phlebotomist
Healthcare
Facilities
Stand-alone Laboratories

City Health Offices

Hospitals based Laboratories


Primary
Secondary
Tertiary

Barangay Health Centers


REFERENCE
LABORATORIES

RITM (Research Institute for Tropical Medicine)


SACCL (San Lazaro Hospital)
East Avenue Medical Center
National Kidney and Transplant Institute
Philippine Heart Center
Lung Center of the Philippines
LEGAL ISSUES
Patient's rights HIPAA (Health Insurance
Portability and
Governmental Laws Accountability) or DATA
PRIVACY ACT RA 10173 of
Malpractice
2012
Legal Terminology

Assault Breach of Duty


also referred as neglect of duty - failure to
the threat of bodily harm or reasonable
perform
apprehension of bodily harm

Battery
an action that causes bodily harm to
another or bodily contact made without
permission
ANATOMICAL
Responsible for the analysis of tissues from the
body including surgical specimens, frozen sections,
biopsies, cytological specimens and autopsies

Cytology Histology Cytogenetics

CLINICAL
Clinical Chemistry Immunology and Serology
Hematology Bloodbank
Microbiology Clinical Microscopy

Histopath
History
"bloodletting"

Bloodletting is the withdrawal of often


considerable quantities of blood from a patient
to cure or prevent illness and disease

The Mesopotamians practiced bloodletting for


sacrificial and ritualistic purposes along with
medical reasons, as did the Egyptians

In medieval times, bloodletting was used to


“bleed-out” evil spirits
Bloodletting
Bloodletting was thought to rid the body of
impurities and evil spirits or, as in the time of
Hippocrates, simply to return the body to a
balanced state.

During the 1800’s anyone claiming medical


training could perform bloodletting, and
barbers most typically performed this
procedure.

A loss of approximately 10 milliliters(about 2


teaspoons) was standard.
Bloodletting
Galen created a complex system of how
much blood should be removed based on the
patient's age, constitution, the season, the
weather and the place. He linked different
blood vessels with different organs,
according to their supposed drainage.

The earliest bloodletters probably used


sharpened pieces of wood and stone to
"breath a vein."

Lancets were often used on more then one


patient.
Bloodletting
The process of removing blood from the vein
is believed to date back as far as 1400 B.C.,
where an Egyptian tomb painting shows a
leech being applied to the skin of a sick
person.

In the early 1800’s leeches were in demand


for the procedure known as bloodletting. Leeches can bite through a hippo's hide! The
Leech farms were unable to keep up with leech will gorge itself up to five times its
the demands for medicinal leeches because body weight.
bloodletting procedures were so popular.
The bite of a leech is painless, due to its own
anesthetic.
Barber Pole
The modern barber pole originated in the days
when bloodletting was one of the principal
duties of the barber.

In the Middle Ages, hair was not the only thing


that barbers cut. They also performed surgery,
toothextractions, and bloodletting.
Characterics of a Phlebotomist
A phlebotomist is a person trained to obtain
blood specimens by venipunctue and
microtechniques

Technical
Clerical
Interpersonal Skills
Organizational Skills

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