Phlebotomist Dr soliman fakkeh hospital

1. Verifies patient by following the policy for patient identification at least two identifiers name and medical record number.

2. Verifies test requisitions by comparing tests requisition receipt and requisition in the system bringing attention for any discrepancies.

3. Verifies the patient preparations and patient requirements for each laboratory tests.

4. Explains the procedure to the patient before drawing the blood.

5. Obtains blood specimens by performing venipunctures, finger sticks and heel stick.

6. Maintains specimen integrity by using aseptic technique, following best practice disinfection.

7. Collects therapeutic drug-monitoring assays by collaborating with nursing personnel or with the patient to ensure appropriate drug dose to collection time.

8. Tracks collected specimens by properly putting barcodes with information of date, times of collection and maintaining daily tallies of collections performed in logbook.

9. Performs bleeding-times tests and clotting time tests by properly doing the procedures and entering results to the computer; notifying nurses of physicians of results falling outside normal ranges.

10. Can sort all the biological samples such as blood, urine, stool, sputum, tissues and body fluids to which sections it could be deliver and accepted.

11. Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.

12. Resolves unusual test orders by contacting the physician, pathologist, nursing station, or reference laboratory; referring unresolved orders back to the originator for further clarification; notifying supervisor of unresolved orders and oriented to do OVR.

13. Improve knowledge and awareness of risk associated with phlebotomy by attending CME units, workshop, passing media lab courses and other educational activities.

Skills and Abilities: - Highly motivated, documentation skills with attention to details, with computer skills, a team player and has skills in interpersonal dealing with variety of patients.