The therapeutic phlebotomy patient's are now being done in our same day unit. My research has not given any real answer as to how long to keep the patient after the phlebotomy is completed. We have a policy in place for the surgical patients of one hour which seems too long for the phlebotomy patient. Are any other nursing units seeing the shift and how long do you keep the patient post phlebotomy? Any help would be appreciated. hiking=happy feet