Modern blood testing is the foundation of clinical screening and decision-making. Timely disease diagnosis, prevention and chronic care management depend on accurate diagnostic testing. More than 7 ...

Getting your blood drawn is something that is pretty routine in healthcare settings. While routine, it still requires dexterity, a gentle touch and a keen eye to find a suitable vein. Venipuncture, ...

Phlebotomy is when someone uses a needle to take blood from a vein, usually in your arm. Also called a blood draw or venipuncture, it’s an important tool for diagnosing many medical conditions.

Blood collection is a common procedure in animal research. This column describes humane methods of collecting blood from the rat and the gerbil that can be carried out by a single person on an awake ...

Phlebotomy refers to drawing blood from a person’s vein with a needle. Lab tests on blood samples are important as they measure different blood components and provide information that can lead to a ...

Whether it is to deliver medication or draw blood, nurses have to find veins from many different types of individuals. While some people have veins protruding throughout their arm, others don’t have ...

It’s distressing for the patient and perhaps even more distressing for the parents: your child needs a blood test, but the phlebotomist has trouble locating his tiny veins, and is forced to stick him ...