This includes long sleeve shirt or lab coat, long pants, closed toed shoes, and medical examination gloves.
The finger used must be either the ring finger or the middle finger.
The patient may have oil or lotion on their hand, so it is important to wipe it off using the alcohol wipe since some test results might be affected by these fats.
Apply pressure until the fingertip obtains a dull red tint and avoid applying pressure to the location of the finger prick. [3] X Research source
Apply pressure until the fingertip obtains a dull red tint and avoid applying pressure to the location of the finger prick. [3] X Research source
Apply pressure until the fingertip obtains a dull red tint and avoid applying pressure to the location of the finger prick. [3] X Research source
Place the lancet between the side of the finger and the center of the fingertip, and if it is a wide lancet, place it parallel to the finger on the location of the prick. [4] X Research source
There will be sound to go along with this event; after the needle goes through, hold it down into the finger for 1 second to ensure an adequate prick was made.
It is important to push down on the finger and avoid tugging, also known as “milking. " Milking will cause tissue to come out along with the blood which will skew test results. [7] X Research source If blood flow slows down, release pressure for a split second to allow blood from the hand to rush into the finger and ultimately to the prick.
It is important that an object such as a lancet is disposed of in a sharps container to avoid any loose sharp parts from poking through the bag and harming others and spreading blood-borne pathogens.
When using a capillary tube, slightly angle the end not being used down towards the ground, and continue applying pressure to encourage speedy blood flow into the capillary tubing. When using a blood spotting paper, have the patient stand up to encourage blood flow, continue applying pressure until a blood drop forms and allow it to fall onto the blood spot paper using gravity.
This can be done by grabbing both paper flaps of the band-aid, placing the pad over the prick wound, and wrapping each side of the band-aid around the finger, one at a time.
Grab one glove and partially take it off and using that partial glove, remove the glove off of the other hand pull them both off without touching the exterior surface of the glove. This is to prevent the spread of contamination on the gloves to the skin.
