LabQ 2024 Phlebotomy Exercise 3: Phlebotomy: Venipuncture on the Ipsilateral Mastectomy Arm: To Draw or Not to Draw

Author

LaDonna Moreland, MS, MLS, (ASCP)CM

Instructor

Rush University

Chicago Illinois

Primary Audience: Phlebotomists, Laboratory Technologists, Laboratory Directors

Secondary Audience: Pathologists, Clinical Scientists (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants, Residents, and Students

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

• briefly describe the 3 phases of laboratory testing; 

• define the venipuncture procedure; 

• identify different types of venipuncture complications; 

• explain how secondary (acquired) lymphedema may develop in post-mastectomy patients; and 

• summarize the Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute’s most recent standard on collection of venous blood specimens.