Good luck to everyone either beginning or ending their phlebotomy course!! Im getting ready to start Dec 2024 and im so nervous but excited, I ran across these videos and the help tremendously!! ThNk you!
Hi! Thanks for the comment! Removing the tourniquet before sanitizing allows time for the phlebotomist to gather supplies suitable for the vein selected. In the video we reapplied the tourniquet, sterilized the site, then performed the venipuncture. This order in procedure allows for maximum sterility when the initial venipuncture is performed, and allows us to remove the tourniquet within 1 minute without feeling rushed:)
You have to remove the tourniquet by one minute or you have a much greater risk of your sample becoming hemolyzed, which, in lab lingo, means your sample is useless. You remove it the first time so that you can gather your stuff for as long as you want and the sample's integrity is never compromised. Some people do leave it on if they're just about ready and if you can make it work in time then you're golden. It's just that the longer that tourniquet is on, the greater the chance that your sample is going to hemolyze and become absolutely useless for the lab.
Thank you very much for showing us the technique and if I may make just a little comment when you go to draw her blood your hand is in the way we can't really see what you're doing when you insert the needle so maybe the camera view should be from the other side otherwise I think this was a marvelous learning tool video thank you
@@moniqueabraham6530 even if all tubes are not used, we only use the gold and purple tubes in our clinic, the order still matters correct to do gold first and then purple
Good luck to everyone either beginning or ending their phlebotomy course!! Im getting ready to start Dec 2024 and im so nervous but excited, I ran across these videos and the help tremendously!! ThNk you!
I'm starting tomorrow! Wish me luck!🎉
Good luck!!🎉👏
Such a nice comment! Thank you and good luck with your upcoming course!
I start next week!!! Good luck girl !!!! We got this
@@ravenmcclinton1606 awesome!! Let me know how it goes 🙂
I'm starting my job as a phlebotomist on December 2nd. I'm pretty nervous but excited as well!
I’m watching RUclips videos the night before my clinicals bc I am nervous. Thank you for posting this.
That's awesome we hope they went amazing!
Thank you very much.
Thanks for the comment!
This was so smooth i'm about to cry :( they never come with such good veins to where i work hahaha
That's an interesting way to do a venipuncture! Let me ask this, why do you remove the tourniquet the first time before sanitizing?
Hi! Thanks for the comment! Removing the tourniquet before sanitizing allows time for the phlebotomist to gather supplies suitable for the vein selected. In the video we reapplied the tourniquet, sterilized the site, then performed the venipuncture. This order in procedure allows for maximum sterility when the initial venipuncture is performed, and allows us to remove the tourniquet within 1 minute without feeling rushed:)
You have to remove the tourniquet by one minute or you have a much greater risk of your sample becoming hemolyzed, which, in lab lingo, means your sample is useless. You remove it the first time so that you can gather your stuff for as long as you want and the sample's integrity is never compromised.
Some people do leave it on if they're just about ready and if you can make it work in time then you're golden. It's just that the longer that tourniquet is on, the greater the chance that your sample is going to hemolyze and become absolutely useless for the lab.
Thank you very much for showing us the technique and if I may make just a little comment when you go to draw her blood your hand is in the way we can't really see what you're doing when you insert the needle so maybe the camera view should be from the other side otherwise I think this was a marvelous learning tool video thank you
Thank you for the comment! We totally see what you mean and next video we will be sure the insertion is more visible! Thanks for the feedback!
amazing video.. Currently in school and this had alot of great info!!
thank you!!
So glad it was helpful!
Why use a syringe? Save time by just inserting the correct tubes?
Syringes are used for small veins that are prone to collapsing
I thought you no longer are supposed to used the circle method when wiping with gauze? That’s what we were told in class.
nha says back n forth friction to clean
The exit of blood at that speed in the tube leads to the breakage of the pellets and thus the results are incorrect
Why not just put the tubes in the hub / (tube holder)? Why are we using a transfer device/syringe method?…
SO informative
Thanks so much for your comment!!
Awesome video,
Glad you enjoyed it!
You may have heard the term "bevel side" when doing this procedure. What is the "bevel side"?
The angled opening of the needled, or the slanted part of a needle tip!
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Why is the blood filled in the gold tube first? Shouldn’t the order be purple and then gold?
Gold is actually before lavender in order of draw.
@@moniqueabraham6530 even if all tubes are not used, we only use the gold and purple tubes in our clinic, the order still matters correct to do gold first and then purple
The only step you missed was telling us to put the bevil upwards other than that 👌🏼
Good catch - thank you!
Why did you pull so much bloods though 😢
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Could get closer to the set up so we could see the setup.....her face is not needed in the shot.
6:39 nice tight squeeze
6:40 …..politely ignored😅
I don’t think you should take the truncate on then take it off then get your stuff like what? 😂
Thank you