California Radiology Technologist Required Venipuncture Education
The bill reads that a Certified Radiologic Technologist may, under the direct supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon, and in accordance with the facility’s protocol may perform venipuncture in an upper extremity to administer contrast materials, manually or by utilizing a mechanical injector, if the radiologic technologist has been deemed competent to perform that venipuncture.
The education requirements to fulfill this mandate are completion of an education course consisting of a total of 10 hours including all of the following:
- Anatomy and physiology of venipuncture sites.
- Venipuncture instruments, intravenous solutions, and related equipment.
- Puncture techniques.
- Techniques of intravenous line establishment.
- Hazards and complications of venipuncture.
- Postpuncture care.
- Composition and purpose of antianaphylaxis tray.
- First aid and basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Performed 10 venipunctures on a human or training mannequin upper extremity (for example infusion arm, mannequin arm) under personal supervision. If performance is on a human, only an upper extremity may be used.
