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1. Phlebotomy thru port?

   gcuprak replied to rusty55's topic in Infusion

   This may be true but in cases of hemachromatosis, and pt with weekly phlebotomies a port is a great thing and is used by Utah state university hospital clinical research dept to drain pts without using the hard to find, over used viens. I personaly ...

2. Phlebotomy thru port?

   gcuprak replied to rusty55's topic in Infusion

   My hospital at Cody Wyoming does these all the time. 500 ml blood is taken from pt through port access using a 19 gauge huber needle ( any smaller clots). a three way stop valve is attached to the needle and extention line. a 10 ml syringe or larger ...