Collecting the blood

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Depending on where you have your blood taken, a doctor, nurse, or trained phlebotomist ('blood-taker') will take your blood. In this picture, the phlebotomist has inserted the syringe into a vein on the outer portion of the arm near the elbow.

This page last modified on June 26, 2007.

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