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METHODS OF BLOOD COLLECTION
● Venipuncture
● Capillary Puncture or Skin Puncture
● Arterial Puncture
general blood collection equipment and supplies
- blood drawing station
- phlebotomy chairs
- equipment carriers
- gloves and glove liner
- antiseptics
- disinfectants
- hand sanitizers
- gauze pads
- bandages
- NEEDLES AND SHARPS DISPOSAL CONTAINERS
- biohazard bags
contents of BLOOD DRAWING STATION
● Table for supplies
● Special chair
● Bed or reclining chair
● Bed or padded table
● Phlebotomy section/area
● Where phlebotomy procedures are performed
BLOOD DRAWING STATION
● Comfortable
● Have adjustable armrests
PHLEBOTOMY CHAIRS
Make blood collection equipment portable
EQUIPMENT CARRIERS
2 types of EQUIPMENT CARRIERS
hand help carriers
phlebotomy carts
● Easily carried
● Contains enough equipment for
numerous blood draw
● “Stat” or emergency situations
Handheld
Carriers
● Gliding carts made up of steel or
synthetic material
● Shelves carrying adequate supplies for
many patients
● Not in the room, hallway only,
nosocomial infection
Phlebotomy
Carts
● One for each patient
● Non sterile, disposable latex, nitrile, neoprene,
polyethylene, and vinyl
● Special gloves
● Barrier hand creams
GLOVES AND GLOVE LINERS
● Substances used to remove sepsis
● Prevent or Inhibit growth and development if
microorganism but it doesn’t kill them
● Used to clean site prior to blood collection
ANTISEPTICS
Antiseptics
Used
● 70% Ethyl alcohol
● 70% Isopropyl alcohol (isopropanol)
● Benzalkonium Chloride
● Chlorhexidine gluconate
● Hydrogen peroxide
● Povidone Iodine (0.1%-1% available
iodine)
● Tincture of Iodine
(Household
Bleach)
SODIUM
HYPOCHLORITE
Chemical substances used to remove or kill microorganisms on surface and instruments
DISINFECTANTS
Antiseptics
Used
● 70% Ethyl alcohol
● 70% Isopropyl alcohol (isopropanol)
● Benzalkonium Chloride
● Chlorhexidine gluconate
● Hydrogen peroxide
● Povidone Iodine (0.1%-1% available
iodine)
● Tincture of Iodine
Chemical substances used to remove or kill microorganisms on surface and instruments
DISINFECTANTS
SODIUM
HYPOCHLORITE
(Household
Bleach)
● 1:100 dilution for nonporous surface
● 1:10 dilution for large amount of blood
or other body uid contamination
● 10 minutes contact time
TRUE OR FALSE
Fresh bleach solution
should be made daily or as needed
TRUE
● Routine decontamination: Alcohol based sanitizers
● Detergent containing wipes for visibly soiled hand and
there’s no hand washing facilities
HAND SANITIZERS
TRUE OR FALSE
Decontamination of hands after glove removal is essential
TRUE
● 2x2 inches size gauze pad
● Hold pressure over the site following blood collection
procedure
GAUZE PADS
TRUE OR FALSE
USE OF COTTON BALLS TO HOLD PRESSURE IS NOT
RECOMMENDED
TRUE
● Used to cover a blood collection site after the bleeding
has stopped
● Paper, cloth, knitted tape
BANDAGES
Adhesive bandages should not be used on babies younger than __ years of age because of ___
2,
aspiration
and suffocation
● Where you place used needles, lancets, and other sharp
objects
● With BIOHAZARD SYMBOL
● Rigid, puncture resistant, leak proof and disposable and
have locking lids
NEEDLES AND SHARPS DISPOSAL CONTAINERS
NEEDLES AND SHARPS DISPOSAL CONTAINERS should not be overfilled because it creates
dangers of sharps injury or other biohazard exposure
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
● Leak Proof plastic bags
● Transporting blood and other specimens from collection
site to the laboratory
● BIOHAZARD label and outside pocket
BIOHAZARD BAGS
