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Job Description
Draw blood for tests, transfusions, donations, or research. May explain the procedure to patients and assist in the recovery of patients with adverse reactions.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-9097.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 33,750.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 16.00
- Currently, there are 120,970 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Phlebotomists”.
Also Known As…
- Phlebotomists
- Registered Phlebotomist-Part Time
- Phlebotomy Supervisor
- Phlebotomy Program Coordinator
- Phlebotomy Director
- Phlebotomist, Medical Lab Assistant
- Phlebotomist Supervisor/Instructor
- Phlebotomist
- Patient Service Technician PST
- Lab Asst
- Research Phlebotomist
- Phlebotomy Technologist
- Phlebotomy Technician
- Phlebotomy Services Technician
- Phlebotomy Services Representative
- Outpatient Phlebotomist
- Long Term Care Phlebotomist
- Laboratory Phlebotomist
- Collections Technician
- Clinical Phlebotomist
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician
- Certified Phlebotomist
Tasks for “Venipuncturist”
- Draw blood from capillaries by dermal puncture, such as heel or finger stick methods.
- Monitor blood or plasma donors during and after procedures to ensure health, safety, and comfort.
- Collect specimens at specific time intervals for tests, such as those assessing therapeutic drug levels.
- Conduct standards tests, such as blood alcohol, blood culture, oral glucose tolerance, glucose screening, blood smears, or peak and trough drug levels tests.
- Conduct hemoglobin tests to ensure donor iron levels are normal.
- Enter patient, specimen, insurance, or billing information into computer.
- Provide sample analysis results to physicians to assist diagnosis.
- Perform saline flushes or dispense anticoagulant drugs, such as Heparin, through intravenous (IV) lines, in accordance with licensing restrictions and under the direction of a medical doctor.
- Explain fluid or tissue collection procedures to patients.
- Administer subcutaneous or intramuscular injects, in accordance with licensing restrictions.
- Organize or clean blood-drawing trays, ensuring that all instruments are sterile and all needles, syringes, or related items are of first-time use.
- Dispose of blood or other biohazard fluids or tissue, in accordance with applicable laws, standards, or policies.
- Dispose of contaminated sharps, in accordance with applicable laws, standards, and policies.
- Determine donor suitability, according to interview results, vital signs, and medical history.
- Calibrate or maintain machines, such as those used for plasma collection.
- Train other medical personnel in phlebotomy or laboratory techniques.
- Collect fluid or tissue samples, using appropriate collection procedures.
- Transport specimens or fluid samples from collection sites to laboratories.
- Draw blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.
- Process blood or other fluid samples for further analysis by other medical professionals.
- Document route of specimens from collection to laboratory analysis and diagnosis.
- Serve refreshments to donors to ensure absorption of sugar into their systems.
- Match laboratory requisition forms to specimen tubes.
- Draw blood from arteries, using arterial collection techniques.
Related Technology & Tools
- Urine analysis equipment
- Blood culture incubators
- Blood culture bottles
- Safety needles
- Blood specimen refrigerators
- Sterile vacutainer tubes
- Specimen tube holders
- Microhematocrit tubes
- Phlebotomy trays
- Intravenous IV administration equipment
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) pipettes
- Multi-sample blood collection needles
- Sputum cups
- Sterile screw-cap plastic tubes
- Phlebotomy transport bags
- Barcode scanners
- Protective aprons
- Blood drawing syringes
- Phlebotomy practice blocks
- Phlebotomy carts
- Microtainers
- Venipuncture tourniquets
- Phlebotomy practice heels
- Blood lancets
- Culture plates
- Medical face masks
- Transfer pipettes
- Unopette equipment
- Biohazard spill kits
- Venipuncture needle holders
- Laptop computers
- Blood glucose monitoring equipment
- Sharps disposal containers
- Blood collection syringes
- Venipuncture needles
- Phlebotomy practice arms
- Blood gas kits
- Venipuncture butterfly needles
- Microcapillary hematocrit tubes
- Digital timers
- Aliquot tubes
- Vein finding devices
- Laboratory centrifuges
- Personal computers
- Phlebotomy chairs
- Capillary tubes
- Mobile barcode printers
- Sterile screw-cap glass tubes
- Occult blood kits
- Laser facsimile machines
- JavaScript
- Microsoft Office
- MEDITECH Blood Bank
- MEDITECH Laboratory and Microbiology
- Iatric Systems MobiLab
- Microsoft Word
- Medical procedure coding software
- Donor management system software
- Microsoft Excel
- Laboratory information system LIS