While many other areas in the practice of medicine have been augmented by increasingly sophisticated technology, phlebotomy – the practice of drawing blood for laboratory analysis – has remained ...

CORYDON, Ind., Aug. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Phlebotomy Education announces the release of The Lab Draw Answer Book. The book provides answers to over 400 questions commonly asked by ...

The practice of drawing blood has changed very little over the decades. It looks about the same now as it did 50 years ago. That process, however, may be about to get a modern makeover. Several health ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – Pennsylvania is now joining 22 other states by offering training for police officers to become phlebotomists. Officials say about 40,000 people in Pennsylvania are arrested ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin Police Department is piloting a program where some police officers are drawing blood from people suspected of driving under the influence instead of emergency medical ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Drivers suspected of driving while intoxicated in Austin may face a different process than in most other places. The Austin Police Department (APD) recently launched a program that has ...

EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS. IT’S NOT UNCOMMON FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO HEAD TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO GET BLOOD DRAWN FROM A SUSPECTED IMPAIRED DRIVER, BUT THEY SAY THERE COULD BE A BETTER WAY. IT’S ...