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WARNING! Did you know the current infant heel stick method of drawing blood is by pinching the baby's foot back to its shin?  This method must stop immediately. We have the POC technique to correctly perform this procedure and prevent unnecessary injuries to the infant and damage to the collected blood sample.
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Phlebotomist vs Vein Access Technologist or Vein Access Technician.  Is there a difference?

Phlebotomists are people trained to draw blood from a live person or animal for tests, transfusions, donations, or research. Phlebotomists are trained in a certification program; this program can be online, but must also include a certain number of hours of practical training in drawing blood. Phlebotomists collect blood primarily by performing venipuncture and, for collection of minute quantities of blood, fingersticks.[1] Blood may be collected from infants by means of a heel stick. Phlebotomists duties are to identify the patient, prepare paper work, prepare patient accordingly, perform the puncture, withdraw blood into containers or tubes, assess the degree of bleeding and pain, assess the patient after the phlebotomy procedure.   [Source of information from Wikipedia]

Now, using the same source [Wikipedia], search for the meaning of the word "Vein Access Technologist".  Below is a screen shot image of the result...


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M. Gail Stotler, founder of Vein Access Technologies defines Vein Access as:

    Vein Access - this is the Locate a vein, Dilate a Vein, Grade a Vein and then Access that vein with needle portion of the following procedures - blood draw, IVs, injections of contrast, kidney dialysis and blood donation.  In the laboratory world this part of the process is called the 'pre-analytical phase'; in nursing and radiology this is called the 'starting an IV' phase; and in kidney dialysis it is called the "dialysis catheter placement, or the vascular access port placement'; and in blood donation it is called 'needle placement'.  As you can see, each discipline has their own name for this process.  In reality, it is the same process: Locate, Dilate, Grade and Access a vein.  The vein site selection differs from procedure to procedure, and the final indwelling position of the needle varies from procedure to procedure - but the first four steps are the same - no matter what the procedure - if you are using the new 21cVA technique (VAT method) for these vein access procedures.

    Vein Access Technician - cVAT -an individual, with or without any prior medical profession training and/or experience, who has been trained in the 21cVA and 21cPOC technique methods for vein access and point of care testing procedures for blood draws, IVs, Injection of Contrast, Kidney Dialysis, blood donations, heel sticks and fingers sticks.  This VATech holds a certificate of completion in vein access and POC training - but is not considered a specialist (technologist) in this field because they do no hold a Bachelors degree in any of the science related fields (i.e. Chemistry, Physics, Math, Biology, Anatomy, Physiology, or Biomedical Engineering).

    Vein Access Technologist - cVATechnologist - an individual who has been trained the 21cVA and 21cPOC technique methods for vein access and point of care testing procedures for blood draws, IVs, Injection of Contrast, Kidney Dialysis, blood donations, heel sticks and fingers sticks AND holds a Bachelors degree (or masters, PhD, MD or DO degree) in one of the related science fields (i.e. Chemistry, Physics, Math, Biology, Anatomy, Physiology, or Biomedical Engineering).  This science education foundation gives these individuals a more global understanding of the science behind the skill of vein access and the ability to move to the next level of training - Train-the-Trainer - to be able to teach this skill of vein access to other individuals - at the VATechnician, VATechnologist and VATrainer levels.

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    M. Gail Stotler

    Founder of the advancement in blood draw/collection, 
    the 21cVA, 
    vein access technology.

    Bachelors in Biology  and
    Minor in Chemistry 
    1976, St. Louis University 
     
    Bachelors in Nursing (BSN)
    1984, St. Louis University 

    Masters hours in Anatomy 
     St. Louis University

    Masters hours in Nursing 
    SIU Edwardsville

    Masters hours in Biology 
    SIU Edwardsville

    30 years of vein access experience in blood  draw,  
    IV, and injection of contrast. 

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