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Week 3 Preanalytical Complications in Blood Collection
Please review the below article then answer the following questions.
Preanalytical Errors Phlebotomy
Preexamination/Preanalytical complications Causing Medical Errors in Blood Collection
1. Describe (at least three) preanalytical complications related to phlebotomy procedures
and impacting patient safety
2. Explain how to prevent and/or handle complications in blood collection.
3. List at least five factors about a patient’s physical disposition (i.e., makeup) that can
affect blood collection.
4. List 2 examples of substances that can interfere in clinical analysis of blood constituents,
and describe methods used to prevent these interferences.
5. Describe how allergies, a mastectomy, edema, and thrombosis can affect blood
collection.
6. Describe complications associated with tourniquet pressure and fist pumping.
7. List three preanalytical complications that can arise with test requests and identification
Key Terms
Define each of the following term:
1. Edema
2. Fasting
3. Hematoma
4. Hemoconcentration
5. Hemolysis
6. Lipemic
7. Occluded veins
8. Sclerosed veins
9. Syncope
10. Lymphedema
Professional Ethics
1. Define “standard of care” from a legal and health care provider’s perspective
2. List 3 common issues in lawsuits against health care providers and prevention tips to
avoid lawsuits in phlebotomy
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Explain the term “liability and what it means for health care providers.
Explain HIPAA
Explain what “patient confidentiality” is.
Describe the difference between “informed consent” and “implied consent.”
Key Terms
Please write the definition to each of the following:
1. Assault
2. Breach of duty
3. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLSI)
4. Ethics
5. Full disclosure
6. Invasion of privacy
7. Patient Bill of Rights
8. Malpractice
9. Standard of care
10. Patient Care Partnership
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