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Friends,
Having worked in clinical laboratories for over 25 years, I have found
one truth to be indisputable: phlebotomy is the most underestimated
procedure in healthcare. Because poorly performed sample-collection
procedures can lead to life-threatening medical mistakes, I have made it
my goal to debunk the myth that phlebotomy can be learned with only a
few hours of training.
Fact: Phlebotomy is an invasive procedure that is not at all as simple as some make it look.
Fact: Patients can suffer permanent disabling injuries at the hands of the unskilled.
Since Physicians rely on laboratory results for over 70% of the objective information they receive on their patient's status, the role the collector plays is critical to the proper management of the patient. It's time all healthcare professions recognize the importance of proper training and education of specimen collection personnel.
Since the Center for Phlebotomy Education was formed in 1998, we have responded to your need for a central source of phlebotomy information and educational materials. Meeting that need also serves an even greater calling: to elevate the status of the phlebotomy profession. Because professional recognition is so intrinsically linked to education, our ultimate goal is to promote proper and comprehensive training so that specimen collection personnel receive the professional respect they deserve. Professional respect not only encourages pride in performance, but also improves morale and lowers employee attrition... high priorities for all managers. Consider me to be your partner in education. It's a honor to serve in this capacity and to be a resource to you. Please feel free to contact me anytime by phone (812.657.9857) or e-mail (phlebotomy@phlebotomy.com)
Explorer:
Dennis J. Ernst MT(ASCP)
Dennis J. Ernst MT(ASCP) has been involved in phlebotomy for over 25 years as a medical technologist, author, educator, and legal consultant. As the Director of the Center for Phlebotomy Education, he develops educational materials, and he conducts workshops, in-services and conferences on phlebotomy across the US and around the globe. His accomplishments include:
Editor of Blood Specimen Collection FAQs (Center for Phlebotomy Education, Inc. 2008) Editor of Phlebotomy Today, a family of e-newsletters read by over 10,000 subscribers worldwide. Author of Applied Phlebotomy (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005). Author of Phlebotomy for Nurses and Nursing Personnel (HealthStar Press, 2001). Member of MLO magazine’s "Tips From the Clinical Experts" panel. Chairholder for the revision of several CLSI specimen collection standards. International lecturer. Around the world, healthcare professionals with specimen collection responsibilities have relied on Mr. Ernst and the Center for Phlebotomy Education since 1997 for accurate and authoritative information on specimen collection and processing (preanalytical) procedures through our videos, newsletters, books, posters, articles for download, continuing education exercises, conference presentations, in-services, and more, all based on the most current CLSI standards and OSHA guidelines.
It is the mission of the Center for Phlebotomy Education to be the world's most dependable source of accurate information on blood specimen collection, to share that information in a multitude of ways, and to elevate the status of the phlebotomy profession.
For more information, visit www.phlebotomy.com
Articles by Mr. Ernst have appeared in:
 | Parents magazine |
| Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory |
| ASCLS Today |
| RN magazine |
| Nursing |
| Advance for Laboratory Professionals |
| Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO) |
| Journal of Healthcare Risk Management |
| Monthly Mini-Lessons in Care of the Aging |
| Home Healthcare Nurse |
| LabMedicine |
| Advance for Nurses |
| COLA Insights |
| Managing Infection Control |
| Vantage Point |
| ASCP TechSample |
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The Center for Phlebotomy Education provides:
Videos
- Basic Venipuncture
- Preventing Preanalytical Errors
- Avoiding Phlebotomy Related Lawsuits
- Skin Punctures & Newborn Screens
- Arterial Blood Gas Collection
Downloads
Over 19 articles designed to provide the most current information available to all who perform, supervise and teach blood collection procedures. Customizable Procedure Templates, CLSI Standards, Manager’s Tools.
Newsletters
Monthly newsletters sent via email providing quality information to the phlebotomy community. We offer a paid subscription to Phlebotomy Today, and Phlebotomy Today Premium, which includes membership to Phlebotomy Central— the most comprehensive collection of phlebotomy information ever assembled. We also offer a free newsletter, PT-STAT!.
Books & Reference
Books and reference materials for those who perform, supervise, or teach blood collection procedures. FAQs, textbook, exam review, CLSI Standards Booklets, and more.
Posters
| Ten Commandments of Phlebotomy |
| Blood Collection Sites Wall Atlas |
| Accurate Results Begin with Me!® |
Training Aids
| 2-Vein and 4-Vein Venipuncture Training Aids. |
| Advanced models with simulated blood. |
| Infant Heelstick Training Models. |
Gifts and Lab Week Items
Order of Draw Pens
Putting this Order of Draw Pen in the pocket of the ED staff, nursing
personnel, and every phlebotomist, medical assistant, and other
healthcare professionals drawing blood in your facility constantly
reinforces the proper order of draw.
CEUs
To The Point™, continuing education booklets containing multiple articles on a wide variety of specimen collection topics. Each volume contains measurable objectives and review questions for implementing as an internal CE exercise and affords the user with the option of obtaining formal P.A.C.E.® continuing education credits. Each booklet qualifies for three P.A.C.E.® continuing education credits. We also offer online CEU exercises with PhlebotomyWeb .
Many thanks to Dennis Ernst our first Lab Explorer.
Visit www.phlebotomy.com a wonderful site developed by Dennis Ernst
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