Equipment 8-036 - Blood Draw Kit

CMH EMS & MIH Protocols

Scope of Practice:

• Registered Nurse
• Paramedic

Indications:

• Equipment 8-432 - Intravascular (IV) Needle.

Contraindications:

• Patient refusal.

Precautions:

• Avoid venipuncure in arms with dialysis shunts or injuries proximal to insertion site.

Procedure:

• After IV access but prior to Saline administration.
• Either directly draw blood from patient into blood tubes using Vacutainer Direct Draw Adapter or into syringe and transfer to tubes using Vacutainer Blood Transfer Device. To avoid needle sticks, do not use syringe and needle to fill blood tubes.
• Fill tubes in the following order:
• Medical patient (5 tubes): BLUE, RED, GREEN (no gel), GREEN (gel), LAVENDER.
• Trauma patient (4 tubes): BLUE, GREEN (no gel), GREEN (gel), LAVENDER.
• Label each tube with BLUE arm bands.
• Place number sticker on each tube.
• Write your initials and time blood was drawn in white area of wrist band.
• Once at the destination, a patient identification sticker should be placed on the removable end of the wrist band. The patient sticker should contain your initials and time of blood draw.
• Stickered blood tubes and the removable end with patient sticker will be sent to the lab.
• Refer to Equipment 8-036-01 - Blood Draw for Alcohol Analysis.

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