COBRA is a federal law that allows employees and their covered dependents to elect continuation of coverage under a group health plan when the employee and/or the dependent would otherwise lose coverage because of some event, such as a lay-off of the employee, or a child reaching a certain age.
Third choice for venipuncture in the antecubital area. In many patients this vein may not be well anchored and will roll, making it difficult to access with the needle. Syringe draw should be considered as it gives the phlebotomist more control over a rolling vein. Pooling of blood and hematoma formation possible.ailure to use a tourniquet may result in missing the vein with the needle and the patient will have to be redrawn. Non-latex tourniquets must be available for patients who have an allergy to latex. Adapter and safety needle (evacuated tube system).
While venipuncture can refer to a variety of procedures, including the insertion of IV tubes into a vein for the direct application of medicine to the blood stream, in phlebotomy venipuncture refers primarily to using a needle to create a blood evacuation point.s a phlebotomist, you will hear the term venipuncture everywhere, from the employment application all the way to the lab. It's a complex word for a complex procedure with a very simple definition: the puncturing of a vein to provide medical access.