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10. adhesive plaster for labeling
11. Dry gauze
12. Pen and pencil
13. Lab request form

Procedures
1. Explain the procedure
2. Wash hands
3. Assemble the necessary equipment
4. Label the test tube with patient name, bed number, ward, date, and time
5. Put on glove
6. Position the patient
7. Apply for bed protection
8. Apply tourniquet above the injection site
9. Ask the patient to open and close his fist
10. Clean the site with an antiseptic swab
11. Select possible vein
12. Insert the needle at 15 to 45 degree
13. Draw slowly back on the plunger of the syringe after you become sure that you are
in the vein
14. Obtain the amount of blood required for the test
15. Release tourniquet
16. Withdraw the needle and apply pressure with dray cotton
17. Withdraw the needle from the syringe and bend the test tube then transfer the
blood to the test tube slowly.
18. Send to the laboratory room
19. Return used equipment and wash hand
20. Proper documentation
21. Return used equipment and wash hand

Capillary or peripheral blood specimen
Definition: it is a method of taking a small drop of blood from the capillary by pricking
the skin.
Site for pricking

 Tip of the finger (ring finger of the left hand)
 Lobe of the ear
 Infants plantar surface of the heal and the plantar surface of the big toe
Purpose
To detect hemo-parasite
To detect blood cell abnormalities

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