A bruise may appear after a blood draw if small blood vessels are damaged when the needle is inserted or if not enough pressure is applied after the needle is removed. A blood draw (phlebotomy) is a ...

Phlebotomy is when someone uses a needle to take blood from a vein, usually in your arm. Also called a blood draw or venipuncture, it’s an important tool for diagnosing many medical conditions.

Bruising after drawing blood may occur for various reasons, including liver disease, certain medications, and vitamin deficiencies. Some people may bruise after a blood draw more easily than others.

It’s likely that at some point in your life, you’ll have blood drawn for either a medical test or for donating blood. The process for either procedure is similar and usually much less painful than ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Nobody likes needles, or at least they shouldn’t, so getting your blood drawn isn’t always an easy ordeal. For some of us, it’s easy to pass out and cause a scene, making the ...

A phlebotomist is a medical professional who draws your blood and collects samples for laboratory tests, transfusions, research, or blood donations. Phlebotomists are medical professionals who draw ...

BD received its FDA authorizations for two blood draw devices that are part of the new BD MiniDraw Capillary Blood Collection System at the end of 2023. The devices, as the name implies, collect blood ...

One experimental test can detect 50 different cancers. Every year, thousands of Americans undergo routine screening to catch cancer in its early stages, while it’s still treatable. But these routine ...