If you draw blood for laboratory testing, you know how difficult veins can be frustrating for you and your patient. This video discusses techniques for locating hardtofind veins and provides a rundown of devices and technologies that can help find and confirm veins, increasing your potential for firststick success.
Time Code:
0:00Intro and techniques for locating veins
0:58statistics on firstattempt success
1:32appropriate use of veinfinding devices
2:00Ultrasound
2:22transilluminators
3:17nearinfrared light
4:40wearable vein location devices
5:47the BEST device in our opinion
Web sites of products mentioned
VeinLitewww.veinlite.com
Venoscopevenoscope.com
WeeSightwww.respironics.com
Accuveinwww.accuvein.com
VeinViewerchristiemed.com
Vino Opticalhttps://www.vino.vi/products/
Olberonwww.olberon.com
Other valuable information:
Successful Strategies for Difficult Draws videowww.phlebotomy.com/difficultdrawsdvd.html
Difficult Draws (download article)https://www.phlebotomy.com/TTPdiffic...