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Christine Thomas
Transferring blood specimen from syringe to lab tubes

I know that transfering blood from a syringe to a lab tube should be done with a needleless adaptor.  Is this an INS Standard or OSHA?

 

Chris Thomas

lynncrni
OSHA! If there is a safety

OSHA! If there is a safety device available it must be evaluated and provided to staff. Lynn

Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI

Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.

PO Box 10

Milner, GA 30257

Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com

Office Phone 770-358-7861

VAT RN
And, if you have a safety

And, if you have a safety device available to you but choose not to use it because you are in a hurry it puts you on some shakey ground from filing a claim of injury should something happen.

 

Martha

Mats Stromberg
Just use a stop-cock

 Just use a stop-cock. Put the blood filled syringe in one of the luer attachments and the Vacutainer tube (needle less) in the other. Switch so that the syringe and tube are connected and close again if you want to stop filling a tube before the vacuum is used up in that tube. Otherwise just switch syringes/tubes as needed. Does this make sense; maybe I use some strange English here....

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Mats in Stockholm

lynncrni
Mats, a stopcock should only

Mats, a stopcock should only be used for one procedure, then removed and discarded. This adds unreimbursed costs, so it is not used in the USA. Use of stopcocks is not recommended by INS Standard 31, plus CDC has some discussion of their risks also. I know this practice differs from what is common in many European countries.

Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI

Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.

PO Box 10

Milner, GA 30257

Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com

Office Phone 770-358-7861

dianesuter
Blood transfer from syringe

We use the BD Vacutainer blood transfer device.  Ref# 364880.  It is the pink tipped female luer adapter.  It attaches to the syringe and you fill the tubes from the inside of the device.  No way to come in contact with the blood and no needles or stopcocks to fiddle with.

Diane Suter, RN, VAT
SAVAHCS

Super Clinical Ninja
This is a bloodborne pathogen

This is a bloodborne pathogen (BBP) issue that is governed by OSHA. INS is a society that makes recommendations based on best-practice. Needlesticks and the prevention therein is OSHA.

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