Palko's Medical Laboratory Procedures 3rd Edition by Danielle Wilken, Phyllis Cox

Exercise 29

Choose the best answer for the following questions

The advantage of utilizing a syringe in a venipuncture procedure is:

a. It is a faster procedure

b. It decreases the risk of accidental needlestick

c. The phlebotomist controls the rate of blood withdrawal

d. There is less risk of a clot developing in an anticoagulated specimen