Volume 25 | Issue 10
ISSN (Print): 2053-0889
ISSN (Online): 2053-0897
The decision of whether to sedate or anaesthetise the patient before taking blood depends on the condition of the patient, the nature (personality and risk to health and safety) of the patient, and the experience of the phlebotomist and handler. Anaesthesia techniques are outside the scope of this article, but can be found in Speer (2018) and Mann (2014)..
