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: 7. After the needle is removed, the safety devic 8. The ncedle is unscrewed from the holder and discarded in a sharps container, reusing the 86. In the following scenario about a venipuncture procedure, circle the incorrect techniques. In the space provided. explain the repercussions that could occur from using the incorrect method A medical assistant examines an arm to determine the correct vein to use to obtain blood. The arm has very patient's name is determined b you Mrs. Jones The patient is then told to sit in a chair with an arm. All the tubes that will be arawn on this patient are preiabeled before the draw. After putting on the tourniquet approximately 3 inches above small veins, The medical assistant decides to use the(Vacutainer methoa asking, "are The the puncture site, the arm is cleaned with 70% isopropyl alcohol, starting at the puncture site and moving in a concentric circle outward. The site is retouched by omis without cleaning the finger. The needle is ed into the vein at a 15-degree angle.dhc lavender tube is fitted-fiest,fellewed-by the red tube and gray tube tube is filled I filled, uet are mixed approximately nd placed in an (upright position) in the tray to be taken quickly to the laboratory to perform analytical testing.

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Vacutainer method of drawing blood samples is the safe method and it is most used method.

The patient name should be determined by asking his/her name. not by calling the name.Some patients may be disoriented or mentally ill or drowsy.in thoase cases there may be chances for handling a wrong patient.so the phlebotomist should always ask the patient to tell his name which should be cross checked with chart or Patient's ID.

The tubes should not be prelabeled at any cost.Those should be labelled at the patient side .the patient name, age, hospital number all required information should be filled correctly.

When a vein is selected, cleanse the area in a circular motion, beginning at the site and working outward. Allow the area to air dry. After the area is cleansed, it should not be touched or palpated again. If you find it necessary to reevaluate the site by palpation, the area needs to be re-cleansed before the venipuncture is performed.

Blood collection tubes must be drawn in a specific order to avoid cross-contamination of additives between tubes. The recommended order of draw for plastic vacutainer tubes is:

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