Responds to telephone calls, handles specimen collection requests, and handles some specimens
Administrative Office
Radiology
Patients with broken bones
Orthopedic
Cupping
Centralized
Hematology
Provides testing of patient samples
Laboratory
Infants and children
Pediatrics
A sharp lancet-type instrument pierced the veins and made them bleed.
Venesection
Decentralized
Chemistry
Diagnosis of neurophysiological disorders
Electroencephalography (EEG)
Patients in labor of childbirth
Obstetrics
Therapeutic phlebotomy
A blend of centralized and decentralized phlebotomy.
Hybrid phlebotomy
Immunology
Dispenses drugs and advises on drug usage
Pharmacy
Elderly patients
Geriatric
Leeches
Decentralized
Study of deficiencies related to genetic diseases
Cytogenetics
Provides therapy to help maintain living skills
Occupational therapy
Patients on dialysis
Nephrology
Therapeutic phlebotomy
Typically sends laboratory-based phlebotomists to the nursing units during the early morning collections and then keeps a limited number of phlebotomists available the rest of the day to help patient care technicians with difficult collections.
Hybrid phlebotomy