MLSP2 3.1 UNDERSTANDING PHLEBOTOMY

Phlebotomy

IS THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING BLOOD THROUGH THE VEIN BY USING INCISION OR A PUNCTURE METHODS TO DRAW BLOOD FOR ANALYSIS OR AS PART OF THERAPEUTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES UNDER THE PHYSICIAN’S REQUEST.

IT IS ALSO CALLED AS VENESECTION

Phlebos

GREEK WORD WHICH MEANS VEIN

TEMNEIN

GREEK WORD WHICH MEANS WHICH MEANS TO CUT

Ancient Egyptians in 1400BC

people and date where they practiced phlebotomy as a form of “bloodletting”

Hippocrates (460-377 BC)

A GREEK PHYSICIAN, BELIEVED THAT A PERSON’S HEALTH WAS DEPENDENT ON THE BALANCE OF THE FOUR HUMORS

THE REMOVAL OF EXCESS HUMOR THROUGH BLOODLETTING MUST BE PERFORMED TO KEEP THE BALANCE

Earth

Blood and Brain

Air

Phlegm and Lungs

Fire

Black Bile and Spleen

Water

Yellow Bile and Gall Bladder

Middle Ages

TIME WHERE BARBER-SURGEONS PERFORMED BLOODLETTING AS PART OF THE TREATMENT FOR SOME ILLNESSES.

17th and 18th Century

When phlebotomy was treated as therapy

Cupping

– IS AN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE THAT HELPS EASE PAIN, INFLAMMATION, OR OTHER HEALTH-RELATED CONCERNS. IT INVOLVES THE USE OF SPECIAL HEATED SUCTION CUPS AND A FLEAM (LANCET)

Leeching

ALSO KNOWN AS HIRUDOTHERAPY; IS A METHOD THAT USES LEECHES FOR BLOODLETTING AND IS CURRENTLY USED FOR MICROSURGICAL REPLANTATION.

Hirudo Medicinalis

Medicinal Leech

Venipuncture

IS THE METHOD OF BLOOD COLLECTION USING A NEEDLE INSERTED IN A VEIN.

Capillary Puncture

IS DONE BY PUNCTURING THE SKIN

Telephone Skills

THE PHLEBOTOMY DEPARTMENT FREQUENTLY ACTS AS A TYPE OF SWITCHBOARD FOR THE REST OF THE LABORATORY BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION IN THE CENTRAL PROCESSING AREA

Primary

REFERS TO HEALTH UNITS IN THE RURAL AREAS AND SUB-UNITS WHICH ARE OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Secondary

REFERS TO NON-DEPARTMENTALIZED HOSPITAL TO ATTEND TO PATIENTS DURING THE SYMPTOMATIC STAGES OF AN AILMENT

Tertiary

REFERS TO MEDICAL CENTERS AND LARGE HOSPITALS WHERE SERVICES ARE SOPHISTICATED COUPLED WITH HIGHLY TECHNICAL FACILITIES THAT CAN ADDRESS SERIOUS DISEASES.

Ambulatory Care

MEDICAL CARE GIVEN TO OUTPATIENTS OR PATIENTS REQUIRING CARE OR FOLLOW-UP CHECK-UPS AFTER THEIR DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL

Homebound

REFERS TO PROCEDURES, TESTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO A PATIENT WHICH ARE DONE IN A PATIENT’S HOME OR IN A LONG-TERM FACILITY

Public Health Services

BELONG TO THE UNIT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL BUT ARE STILL UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT

Anatomical and Surgical Pathology

Clinical Analysis Area

Two Major Divisions of Clinical Laboratory

Anatomical and Surgical Pathology

HANDLES TESTS RELATED TO HISTOLOGY (MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF TISSUES), CYTOLOGY (STRUCTURE OF CELLS), AND CYTOGENETICS (CHROMOSOMAL DEFICIENCIES AND GENETIC DISEASE).

Clinical Analysis Area

DIVIDED INTO DIFFERENT AREAS SUCH AS HEMATOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, IMMUNOLOGY/SEROLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, CLINICAL MICROSCOPY AND BLOOD BANK.

Stat Labs

THIS LABORATORY FACILITY IS USUALLY LOCATED NEAR THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF SOME TERTIARY-CARE FACILITIES SO THAT PROCEDURES AND TESTS CAN BE DONE IMMEDIATELY WHEN NEEDED.

Reference Laboratory

A LARGE AND INDEPENDENT LABORATORY THAT PROVIDES SPECIALIZED AND CONFIRMATORY LABORATORY TESTS FOR BLOOD, URINE AND TISSUES, AND OFFERS AS WELL FASTER TURNAROUND OR PROCESSING TIME.