If you draw blood for laboratory testing, you know how difficult veins can be frustrating for you and your patient. This video discusses techniques for locating hard-to-find veins and provides a rundown of devices and technologies that can help find and confirm veins, increasing your potential for first-stick success.

Time Code:
0:00---Intro and techniques for locating veins
0:58---statistics on first-attempt success
1:32---appropriate use of vein-finding devices
2:00---Ultrasound
2:22---transilluminators
3:17---near-infrared light
4:40---wearable vein location devices
5:47---the BEST device in our opinion

Web sites of products mentioned
VeinLite---www.veinlite.com
Venoscope---venoscope.com
WeeSight---www.respironics.com
Accuvein---www.accuvein.com
VeinViewer---christiemed.com
Vino Optical---https://www.vino.vi/products/
Olberon---www.olberon.com

Other valuable information:
Successful Strategies for Difficult Draws video---www.phlebotomy.com/difficult-draws-dvd.html

Difficult Draws (download article)---https://www.phlebotomy.com/TTP-diffic...