Four indefensible phlebotomy errors and
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Dennis J. Ernst
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Article
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1998
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Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
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English
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## Abstract The author identifies four errors in phlebotomy that are effectively indefensible in a court of law: patient misidentification, improper angle of insertion, improper vein selection, and ineffective training and evaluation of those performing venipunctures. Strategies to avoid these erro