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LABORATORY RESOURCES - FORMS AND PROCEDURES

 

Blood collection, also called venopuncture or venipuncture,  is the process of obtaining intravenous access for the purpose of obtaining a sample of venous blood. This procedure will be performed by medical practitioners, paramedics, phlebotomists and other nursing staff.

Blood is most commonly obtained from the median cubital vein, on the anterior forearm (the side within the fold of the elbow). This vein lies close to the surface of the skin, and there is not a large nerve supply.

 

Venipuncture

 

Minute quantities of blood may be taken by fingersticks sampling and collected from infants by means of a heel stick or from scalp veins with a butterfly needle.

 

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