Introduction to Phlebotomy

is first used to cure diseases and maintain the body in a state of well-being

Hippocrates believed that disease was caused by an _________________________________, and that removal of the excess would cause the body to return to or maintain a healthy state.

Techniques for bloodletting (earlier times) includes:

provide the personal and professional rules of performance moral behaviour as set by members of a profession

Patient’s Rights (DOH) if any person cannot immediately be given treatment that is medically necessary he shall, either be directed to wait for care, or be referred elsewhere, where the appropriate care will be provided

Patient’s Rights (DOH) person who will perform the said procedure shall provide his name and credentials to the patient

Patient’s Rights (DOH) the patient has the right to demand that all information, communication and records pertaining to his care be treated as confidential

Patient’s Rights (DOH) Right to be informed of the result of the evaluation of the nature and extent of his or her disease

Patient’s Rights (DOH) the patient has the right to avail himself/herself of any recommended diagnostic and treatment procedures

Patient’s Rights (DOH) the patient has the right to refuse medical treatment which may be contrary to his religious beliefs.

Patient’s Rights (DOH) 8th & 9th right

Patient’s Rights (DOH) that, an institutional review board or ethical review board in accordance with the guidelines set in the declaration of hensiki be established for research involving human experimentation

Ethical and Legal Issues • A wrongful act committed by one person against another that causes harm to the person or his or her property.

Tort assault, battery, defamation

Tort negligence, malpractice

Ethical and Legal Issues • -threat to touch another person without his or her consent and with the intention of causing fear of harm.

• actual harmful touching of a person without his or her consent.

• -spoken or written words that can injure a person’s reputation. e.g. -Releasing or are overheard saying any confidential information

• Libel-false defamatory writing that is _________.

-false and malicious spoken word.

• -is the violation of the patient’s right to be left alone and the right to be free from unwanted exposure to public view. e.g. -Unwanted releasing of confidential information is considered an invasion of privacy. e.g. -Entering a patient’s room without asking permission

Ethical and Legal Issues • misconduct or lack of skill by a health-care professional that results in injury to the patient.

• as failure to give reasonable care by the health-care provider, must be proven in a malpractice suit

Ethical and Legal Issues a. Nerve Injury b. Hemorrhage: -From accidental arterial puncture -From inadequate pressure to the vein c. Drawing from inappropriate locations (ex. Same side as mastectomy) d. Injuries occurring when a patient faints e. Death of a Patient caused by misidentification of a patient or sample