Accreditation No: 8802
The Trust provides phlebotomy (blood test) services at Royal Stoke (RSUH), County Hospital (CH) and at a number of bookable clinics in the community setting. The samples are then transported to Pathology at either RSUH or CH for testing.
The Phlebotomy section contains information for patients regarding the blood test process, and the times and locations of the phlebotomy clinics provided by the Trust.
The UHNM Phlebotomy Service has UKAS accreditation (ISO15189).
The accreditation number for the Department is 8802.
Our accreditation is limited to those activities described on our UKAS schedule of accreditation
The Phlebotomist will call you into a room and ask you to sit in a chair and uncover your arm (short or loose sleeved garments are best suited to the process). After confirming your identity, blood is taken from your vein and put into a special blood bottle. Sometimes more than one blood bottle is filled depending on the type of blood test requested by your doctor, however, usually only one venepuncture is needed to collect sufficient blood for the tests.