Level: Essentials
€150.00
Professional Regulation
- Legislation and National Guidelines
- Local Governance: policy and procedures governing performing venepuncture
- Competence
- Continuing professional Development
- Clinical supervision
- Accountability for follow-up of blood results
Performing Venepuncture Safely
- Order for Venepuncture
- Informed consent and preparation of patient
- Preparation of equipment
- Allergies and phobias
- Position
- Right to refusal
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Site identification and preparation of site
- Device and needle size
- Disinfection of site
- Perform venepuncture as per evidence based procedure
- Record keeping and documentation
- Risk assessment and audit of clinical practice
Principles of Infection, Prevention and Control
- Standard precautions, including hand hygiene, use of gloves, skin disinfection, safe handling of equipment, safe handling of sharps
- Blood spillage and waste disposal
- Disposal of sharps
- Adherence to health and safety legislation and local policy and procedures
Care of blood samples, incorporating transfer to lab
- Completion of request form(s)
- Labelling of specimens
- Identification criteria
- Packaging; storage of blood specimens
Complications of Venepuncture
- Stress and Anxiety for patient
- Discomfort and pain
- Arterial puncture
- Needle stick injury
- Phlebitis
- Nerve injury
- Venous spasm
- Haematoma
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