I know about the bruised hand and the obvious cankles

[Ms. Toad]

7. It can be both.

More common now (since 2009-ish) is a finger prick. Even then I had venous blood draws. My doctor's office figured out he could charge me for a nurse's visit if he had her utter a few words. Since I was, then, being tested multiple times a week (i.e. multiple office visits) - and my insurance covered blood draws at 100%, I had to go to a lab which only used venous draws.

But venous draw are generally done in the arm, not the hand - unless the arm veins can't be used.

I was off and on warfarin and heparin from the 80s through 2010.