Skin Puncture
Instructor:
Jane Vargas, CLS, MS; Darcie Laack, BA Ed.; Adam Orkand, BA
Contact Hours:
1.5
Date:
January 01, 2025 - January 31, 2027
Description:
Detailed descriptions of each step in the skin puncture process.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe conditions where skin puncture would be preferred over venipuncture.
- Identify the correct skin puncture sites for infants, children, and adults.
- Understand consequences of mistakes in the skin puncture process.
- Identify the appropriate equipment used for skin puncture.
- Describe the preparation of a patient for skin puncture.
- Restate the unique order of draw for skin puncture.
- Explain differences between capillary blood and blood drawn by venipuncture.