SAN Sebastian, 29 (EUROPA PRESS)
El Tribunal Superior of Justice of the Basque country (TSJPV) has given reason to College of nursing of Gipuzkoa (COEGI) and Department Basque Government health care, in which the technical laboratory senior cannot be blood extractions.
In a statement, the President of the COEGI, MarÃa Jesús Zapirain, explained that in the judgment has been issued on the occasion of the appeal lodged by the specialist laboratory technicians (TEL), the TSJPV recognizes that the TEL may not carry out withdrawals of blood or taking of human biological samples, because its powers in such matters “are reduced to pure collaboration or assistance and””, in any case, under the direction or supervision optional, without that they can perform such tasks both on its own initiative”.
Thus, closes a dispute which comes from the publication of the Decree of June 14, 1984, which since the Union of technicians health of Euskadi (UTESE) is has been claiming the capacity and competence of the TEL to carry out withdrawals of blood in clinical analysis laboratories.
Zapirain has transferred its satisfaction that has been closed this matter which “has fostered decades confusion not only of the population, but sometimes between the professionals”.
According to the President of the COEGI, “now is clear that only nurses or doctors are legally entitled to use the patient, take samples or contrasts”, something which “is not removed or refuses any powers attributed to the TEL by the standard which was the certification of vocational training”.
Has finally made an appeal to the population that ensure the health professional degree who he serves, at the time that has pointed out that the COEGI is an institution open to citizens to inform them of any questions presented to them and to ensure that health professionals that serve them “have the qualification and professional skills””, required by the laws”.
