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WHO guidelines on drawing blood : best practices in phlebotomy
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2010
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Description:Phlebotomy uses large, hollow needles to remove blood specimens for lab testing or blood donation. Each step in the process carries risks - both for patients and health workers. Patients may be bruised. Health workers may receive needle-stick injuries. Both can become infected with bloodborne organisms such as hepatitis B, HIV, syphilis or malaria. Moreover, each step affects the quality of the specimen and the diagnosis. A contaminated specimen will produce a misdiagnosis. Clerical errors can prove fatal. The new WHO guidelines provide recommended steps for safe phlebotomy and reiterate accepted principles for drawing, collecting blood and transporting blood to laboratories/blood banks.
Development of this publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement CDC-RFA-CI09-903 from: the Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, United States of America (USA); the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Global AIDS Program (GAP).
ISBN 978 92 4 159922 1
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Pages in Document:xv, 109 numbered pages
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