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Industry Urged to Standardize Tube-stopper Colors
The European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) is urging companies that manufacture blood collection tubes...
Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Incidents
This is the first in a series of blog posts that will highlight OSHA's guidelines and manuals relating to bloodborne pathogens. OSHA’s...
Researchers develop automated venipuncture device that automates phlebotomy procedure
A new medical device has been developed that will provide phlebotomists and clinicians with a technology to enable blood drawing accuracy...
A needle, a patient and a tube: The challenge of phlebotomy
A fine article by Gary L. Milburn, Ph.D, discussing the challenges and the importance of phlebotomists. It is commonly accepted that over...
The future phlebotomist?
Meet your new blood-drawing, needle-wielding robot phlebotomist Drawing blood should be a routine procedure. Unfortunately complications...
Good News for Clinical Labs and Phlebotomists: Safety-engineered Devices Reduce Needlestick Injuries
Hospital studies consistently show safety-engineered devices reduce needlestick injuries Plebotomists and safety managers in clinical...