For many people, having their blood drawn is an anxiety-producing process. They don’t like the idea of it, they don’t like the sterile environment of most patient service centers, and they especially don’t like needles. The process is even worse patients who have to rely on someone to take them in for their blood draws, such elderly or disabled patients who don’t drive or who need other types of assistance.
Myrna Steinbaum worked for many years as a phlebotomist in a medical lab. During that time, she saw elderly patients who would be forced to call an ambulance to bring them in for their needed blood draws because they didn’t have anyone to drive them. She knew there had to be a better solution than an expensive ambulance ride! After many years of praying and planning, Steinbaum launched a mobile phlebotomy company. Today, that company is known as Veni Health & Wellness Phlebotomy.
Mobile phlebotomy services are specialized services that go to their patients’ locations for blood draws. They go to private residences, places of work, senior care centers, or anywhere else a patient might be to draw their blood on site. Steinbaum and her team at Veni Health & Wellness offer convenient, compassionate, and reliable service for each patient they work with.
Even though Steinbaum is the company’s owner, she is still involved in many of the day-to-day phlebotomy duties. She is regularly in the field, completing blood draws and delivering blood to the laboratories on behalf of her patients. While Steinbaum is known for her care and compassion, she is also a stickler for quality control. She understands that the reputation of a mobile phlebotomy company depends greatly on the integrity of the specimens they deliver to the labs. For that reason, she invests in the proper equipment needed to preserve specimens on their way to the lab, such as coolers and centrifuges. She also has systems in place to ensure that proper protocols are followed with every blood draw.
The client list for mobile phlebotomy services in San Diego like Veni Health & Wellness can be quite diverse. It’s not just for people who are unable to drive themselves to a patient service center. It is a service that is also great for:
- Patients who are bedridden or have limited mobility
- The immunocompromised
- Patients with anxiety about medical facilities
- Busy people who simply need a convenient, time-saving solution
- Employers who need to run blood tests on multiple employees
Steinbaum really saw the demand for mobile phlebotomy services in San Diego increase during the pandemic. Some people didn’t want to go to hospitals, labs, or patient service centers for fear of contracting COVID. And then there were parents who had children at home with them during the day doing distance learning and couldn’t leave to have their blood drawn. Many people were introduced to mobile phlebotomy services for the first time during the pandemic, and continue to use the service, even now that the coronavirus is more under control.
Veni Health & Wellness Phlebotomy serves all of San Diego County, as well as parts of the Inland Empire.
