COLLECTION & HANDLING TIPS

Phlebotomist starting a blood draw.  Representing any of our Boise, Garden City, Meridian, Idaho Falls, Pocatello and Rexburg locations.

This is an online resource for blood and other clinical laboratory collection and handling tips and techniques.

Basic Instructions

Phlebotomy Overview

Standard Procedures

Order of Draw

Instructions by Collection Type

Routine Venipuncture

Butterfly Venipuncture

Dermal Puncture

Blood Culture Collection

Blood Alcohol Collection

Other Instructions and Information

Special Circumstances

Handling Considerations

Sources of Error

Resources

Printable Quick Reference Guides

Instructions for Centrifuging Lab Specimens

New In-House Offerings

Quick Reference Directory – Idaho Falls

Quick Reference Directory – Pocatello

RF Test Tube Colors (Cheat Sheet)

Stool Chart

Stool PCR Testing

Swab Guidelines

Tests and Tube Color List

BD Max Reference Sheets

English

UVE Specimen Collection Vaginal Panel

UVE Specimen Urine Collection

UVE Specimen Vaginal Self Collection

UVE Specimen Endocervical & Vaginal Collection

Spanish

Perfil vaginal BD MAX

Recolección de muestras vaginales por parte de la paciente para el BD MAX

Procedimiento de recolección y transferencia de muestras endocervicales para el BD MAX

Procedimiento de recolección y transferencia de muestras vaginales tomadas por la paciente para el BD MAX

Idaho Allergens

Quest Diagnostics Reference Sheets