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Medical Laboratory Observer, March, 2003

There is another valid answer to the question, "When should a phlebotomist ask for help with a difficult draw?" posed in the January issue. That is when the patient says, "I have bad veins," or "I am a difficult bleed." These patients generally have had years, if not decades, of bruises and hematomas. They know of what they speak. A phlebotomist who ignores comments like those should find employment elsewhere.

--T.F. Kelley, Ph.D

Norfolk Associates Inc. Norwood, MA