Preparation
An Aseptic technique should be used throughout procedure and all of the equipment below must be placed within a sterile phlebotomy tray with a sharps bin close by.
- Gloves (and consider a plastic gown and protective eyewear and a facemask)
- Antiseptic wipes (2% chlorhexidine gluconate in 70% alcohol)
- Tourniquet (ideally disposable)
- IV cannula of a suitable gauge
- Cannula dressing pack (usually transparent dressings)
- Syringe containing 0.9% sodium chloride flush
- Cotton wool swabs or gauze swabs
- Consider applying topical numbing for anxious clients