MEDICAL LAB SCIENCE

• The ancient Egyptians also practiced phlebotomy as a form of bloodletting as early as 1400BC
• Phlebotomy is the process of collecting blood through the vein by using incision or puncture methods to draw blood for analysis or as part of therapeutic or diagnostic measures under the physician's request.
• Cupping is an alternative medicine that helps ease pain, inflammation, or other health-related concerns.
• The word is derived from two Greek words: phlebo, which means vein
• Temnein, which means to cut.
• Phlebotomy is also called venesection
• Leeching, also known as hirudotherapy, is a method that uses leeches for bloodletting and is currently used for microsurgical replantation.
• Venipuncture is the method of blood collection using a needle inserted in a vein while capillary puncture is done by puncturing the skin.
• Inpatient (non- ambulatory), which requires the patient to stay in the hospital for at least one night to be serviced by tertiary care practitioners.
• Outpatient, in which patients are served by secondary care specialists on the same day.
• Primary level refers to health units in the rural areas and sub-units which are operated by the Department of Health.
• The secondary level refers to non-departmentalized hospitals that attend to patients during the symptomatic stages of an ailment.
• The tertiary level refers to medical centers and large hospitals where services are sophisticated and coupled with highly technical facilities that can address serious diseases.
• Ambulatory Care is medical care given to outpatients or patients requiring care or follow-up check-ups after their discharge from the hospital.
• Homebound services refer to procedures, tests, and services provided to a patient that are done in a patient's home or a long-term facility.
• Public health services belong to the unit at the local level but are still under the jurisdiction of the health department of the government.
• A hospital is an institution that has permanent impatient beds with 24-hour nursing service along with therapeutic and diagnostics services managed by organized medical staff or personnel.