Skip to content

← Occupation guides

31-9097.00 · Task explorer

Phlebotomists: reported tasks and exploration worksheet

Draw blood for tests, transfusions, donations, or research. May explain the procedure to patients and assist in the recovery of patients with adverse reactions.

Use the skill profile to plan your next practice →

Read the task inventory

This source lists 23 tasks, including 19 marked Core and 4 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.

Task source dates: 08/2026.

Find a task in this inventory

23 tasks shown

Core · Task 24039 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Confirm the identities of patients by verifying their personal information.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19381 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Match laboratory requisition forms to specimen tubes.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19375 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Dispose of contaminated sharps, in accordance with applicable laws, standards, and policies.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19374 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Dispose of blood or other biohazard fluids or tissue, in accordance with applicable laws, standards, or policies.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19385 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Collect specimens at specific time intervals for tests, such as those assessing therapeutic drug levels.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19379 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Draw blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19382 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Organize or clean blood-drawing trays, ensuring that all instruments are sterile and all needles, syringes, or related items are of first-time use.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19389 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Enter patient, specimen, insurance, or billing information into computer.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19387 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Conduct standards tests, such as blood alcohol, blood culture, oral glucose tolerance, glucose screening, blood smears, or peak and trough drug levels tests.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19392 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Process blood or other fluid samples for further analysis by other medical professionals.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19393 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Provide sample analysis results to physicians to assist diagnosis.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19376 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Document route of specimens from collection to laboratory analysis and diagnosis.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19390 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Monitor blood or plasma donors during and after procedures to ensure health, safety, and comfort.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19380 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Explain fluid or tissue collection procedures to patients.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19396 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Transport specimens or fluid samples from collection sites to laboratories.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19378 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Draw blood from capillaries by dermal puncture, such as heel or finger stick methods.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19386 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Conduct hemoglobin tests to ensure donor iron levels are normal.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19395 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Train other medical personnel in phlebotomy or laboratory techniques.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Core · Task 19394 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Serve refreshments to donors to ensure absorption of sugar into their systems.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Supplemental · Task 19377 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Draw blood from arteries, using arterial collection techniques.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Supplemental · Task 19373 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Collect fluid or tissue samples, using appropriate collection procedures.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Supplemental · Task 19388 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Determine donor suitability, according to interview results, vital signs, and medical history.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Supplemental · Task 19384 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert

Calibrate or maintain machines, such as those used for plasma collection.

Add to my exploration shortlist

My example, evidence or question

Make the shortlist useful

Choose one to three activities that tell you something different about the work. Avoid selecting several ways of describing the same interest.
For each, write an example you can discuss or a question that would change your understanding of the role.
Keep source task IDs with your notes so you can return to the same description. Do not include private employer or customer information.

The exported worksheet distinguishes the reported task from your own notes. It supports exploration, not a hiring decision or a validated assessment.

Keep your worksheet

Download before leaving this page. Unsaved writing remains only in the page and is cleared on refresh. Notes and learning actions are not sent to a server. This guide describes an occupation and supports study planning; it does not provide clinical, legal or equipment-operating procedures.

Source and practice material

Occupational context uses the O*NET® 31.0 Database from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, under CC BY 4.0. View the occupation.

Skill Workbench selected and adapted the occupational information and added its own fictional cases, calculations, guidance and worksheets. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed or tested these additions. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.