<ul><li>Identifying patients and their personal information by reviewing their identity documents.</li><li>Assessing patient needs, reviewing patient history, and determining the reason(s) for drawing blood.</li><li>Selecting gauge needles and preparing veins or fingers for blood drawing.</li><li>Extracting blood from patients through venipuncture or fingersticks.</li><li>Analyzing blood specimens using the correct testing equipment, when necessary.</li><li>Preparing specimens for transportation, including labeling vials accurately and matching blood specimens to patients.</li><li>Supplying diagnostic notes to physicians, other healthcare professionals, and hospitals.</li><li>Keeping and maintaining records of patient names, volume of blood drawn, and diagnostic findings.</li><li>Cleaning, maintaining, and calibrating laboratory equipment used in the drawing and testing of blood specimens.</li><li>Ordering laboratory supplies, as needed.</li></ul>

Phlebotomist