Description: This webinar will explain the process of both collection types and the importance of each procedure. The speaker will go into some of the errors that can occur with these two procedures and the impact on patient care as well. Also, the speaker will go into some detail on what happens with the blood culture bottles that do become positive. What are the next steps?

Start date: Upon registration

Completion: Up to 52 weeks

At the end of this webinar you will be able to understand the:

• Process behind the two very different collection types
• Errors that can occur during/after collection
• Importance on following the procedures to help patient care

Speaker: Lisa Gibbs cMLA/

Lisa Gibbs has been a licenced MLA since 2010 and after two short period of working in a hospital and an animal lab that tests blood on your pets she went on to build her career at The Michener Institute of Education at UHN. She gained a lot of knowledge working their as she got to work with all different machines, in each discipline and even got to dabble with genetics and PCRs.  This all led to Lisa taking on some teaching roles more specifically in phlebotomy. She has been the lead instructor for 2 continuing education programs at Michener. One for phlebotomy and the other for medical lab technicians.

Currently Lisa is working as a technical specialist of specimen procurement at Mackenzie Health hospital where she is responsible for the on going operations of the MLA in the core lab as well as all the phlebotomists.

Recorded: October 14, 2023

PEP hours: 1.0

CPS credits: 0

*Note: PEP hours and/or CPS credits will only be awarded upon successful completion of the quiz.