Phlebotomists

What Does a Phlebotomists Do?

Draw blood for tests, transfusions, donations, or research. May explain the procedure to patients and assist in the recovery of patients with adverse reactions.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Dispose of contaminated sharps, in accordance with applicable laws, standards, and policies.
• 2Organize or clean blood-drawing trays, ensuring that all instruments are sterile and all needles, syringes, or related items are of first-time use.
• 3Draw blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.
• 4Match laboratory requisition forms to specimen tubes.
• 5Dispose of blood or other biohazard fluids or tissue, in accordance with applicable laws, standards, or policies.
• 6Conduct standards tests, such as blood alcohol, blood culture, oral glucose tolerance, glucose screening, blood smears, or peak and trough drug levels tests.
• 7Collect specimens at specific time intervals for tests, such as those assessing therapeutic drug levels.
• 8Process blood or other fluid samples for further analysis by other medical professionals.

Required Skills

• Donor management system software
• Electronic medical record EMR software
• Iatric Systems MobiLab
• JavaScript
• Laboratory information system LIS
• Medical procedure coding software
• MEDITECH Blood Bank
• MEDITECH Laboratory and Microbiology
• MEDITECH software
• Microsoft Excel

Phlebotomists Salary