The Laboratory
Hospital Areas
Type of Care
Methods of bleeding
Phleb in Health Care
100

Responds to telephone calls, handles specimen collection requests, and handles some specimens

Administrative Office

100
It is the facility in thehospital where radiological examinations of patients are carried out


Radiology

100

Patients with broken bones

Orthopedic

100
A heated glass cup was placed on a person’s back. As the cup cooled, it created asuction that pulled blood to the capillaries under the cup.

Cupping

100
Phlebotomist is part of laboratory team and dispatched to hospital units to collect blood samples

Centralized

200
Studies the blood in normal and diseased states. Usually limited to the study ofcellular components and not the chemistry of blood

Hematology

200

Provides testing of patient samples

Laboratory

200

Infants and children

Pediatrics

200

A sharp lancet-type instrument pierced the veins and made them bleed.

Venesection

200
All members of the health care team share responsibility to collect blood samples.

Decentralized

500
Performs biochemical analysis of blood and body fluids to determine the status of apatient

Chemistry

500

Diagnosis of neurophysiological disorders

Electroencephalography (EEG)

500

Patients in labor of childbirth

Obstetrics

500
Bleeding in form of therapeutic phlebotomy done today fordisease polycythemia vera and hereditary hemochromatosis.

Therapeutic phlebotomy

500

A blend of centralized and decentralized phlebotomy.

Hybrid phlebotomy

1000
Studies antigens and antibodies to determine immunity to disease or presence of disease

Immunology

1000

Dispenses drugs and advises on drug usage

Pharmacy

1000

Elderly patients

Geriatric

1000
used for amputations to remove excess blood and prevent clotting when an appendage is reattached

Leeches

1000
In some hospitals, this position is known as a patient care technician.

Decentralized

3000

Study of deficiencies related to genetic diseases

Cytogenetics

3000

Provides therapy to help maintain living skills

Occupational therapy

3000

Patients on dialysis

Nephrology

3000
usually removes 500milliliters of blood from the patient

Therapeutic phlebotomy

3000

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