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A phlebotomist is drawing on the floors doing the routine 6 a.m. draws. When he enters the room of a patient, he sees that the patient is not wearing an arm-band identifier. The phlebotomist goes to the nursing station where the unit secretary says the patient’s name is Robin Davis.

1. Should the phlebotomist draw the patient’s blood?
2. What needs to happen in this situation