Blood Collection Procedures PDF

Blood Eye (Corneal culture) Collection Container: Blood Culture media Collection Container: Swab/culturette device, syringe, or Patient Preparation: Proper Venipuncture procedure sterile c...

Blood Eye (Corneal culture) Collection Container: Blood Culture media Collection Container: Swab/culturette device, syringe, or Patient Preparation: Proper Venipuncture procedure sterile container Time for Transport: ≤ 4 hours at RT Patient Preparation: Disinfect skin around eye Notes to remember: Time of Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT Optimum volume is 20 ml per set (adults). Collection: Depending on symptoms, Maximum of 3 sets in 24 hours (adults). Physician may roll swab over cojunctiva, perform corneal Draw cultures before starting antimicrobial therapy. scraping, or aspirate intraocular fluid. Detect bacterial or fungal infections that has spread into blood. Outer Ear Collection Container: Swab/Culturette device Throat Patient Preparation: Disinfect skin with alcohol. Collection Container: Swab/Culturette device Time for Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT Patient Preparation: Collection: Firmly rotate swab in outer canal. Instruct patient upon waking up to brush teeth including cheeks & tongue. Inner Ear Do not gargle & eat before the collection process. Collection Container: Swab/culturette device or sterile Time for transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT container Remember: Swab only posterior pharynx/tonsils. Patient Preparation: Clean ear canal with mild soap. Do not touch tongue or cheeks. Time for Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT Diagnose bacterial infections in throat (strep throat) Collection: Aspirate through eardrum or use swab if drum is broken. Nasopharyngeal Collection Container: Minitip swab (thin wire or Genitals flexible)/culturette device Female Genitals: Time for Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT 1. Cervix/Vagina Collection: 2. Urethra Place swab into posterior nasopharynx; rotate for 5 3. Lesion seconds. Male Genitals: Check for viruses/ bacteria that causes respiratory 1. Prostate 2. Urethra infections 3. Lesion Sinus Cervix/Vagina Collection Container: Sterile container or syringe. Collection Container: Swab/Culture Device; transport Time of Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT media for GC Collection: Patient Preparation: Clear mucus/exudate with swab; do not Aspirate material from sinuses. use lubricant on speculum Time for Transport: ≤ 2 hours at Check for blocked or fluid-filled sinuses RT Collection: Swab into cervix or swab secretions of vaginal Sputum canal Collection Container: Sterile container Your doctor might suggest a pelvic exam if you're Time of Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT experiencing gynecological symptoms such as pelvic Collection: pain, unusual vaginal bleeding, skin changes, abnormal Detect lower respiratory tract infections & some diseases vaginal discharge or urinary problem Instruct patient to collect by deep cough Do not collect post-nasal fluid A Pap smear, also called a Pap test, is a procedure to test for May need to induce by nebulizer with the inhalation of cervical cancer in women. A Pap smear involves collecting saline. cells from your cervix Bronchoscopy Urethra Collection Container: Sterile container or Lukens trap Collection Container: Swab/culturette device Time of Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT Patient Preparation: Disinfect skin Collection: Bronchial Lavage, wash, protected catheter Time for Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT brush, or tracheal aspirate. Collection: Massage or swab exudate Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) or bronchoalveolar washing is used to collect a sample from the lungs for Bartholin cyst, Cul-de-sac, Endometrium testing. During the procedure, a saline solution is put Collection Container: Sterile through the bronchoscope to wash the airways and Time for Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT capture a fluid sample Collection: Aspirate of fluid or Biopsy of Tissue  Lesion Suprapubic Aspirate Collection Container: Swab/culturette device or sterile Collection Container: Sterile Container Patient Preparation: container Disinfect Skin over bladder Patient Preparation: Clean with saline; unroof vesicle or Time of Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT; ≤ 24 hours crust refrigerated; for delayed transport use preservative Time of Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT Collection: Needle Aspirate Directly from bladder; done Collection: Aspirate or firmly rub with swab to collect when a urinary catheter cannot be placed exudate Non-urine Body Fluids Prostate Collection Container: Sterile, leakproof container Collection Container: Patient Preparation: Aseptic cleansing of skin Swab/culturette device or sterile container Time of transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT Time of transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT Collection: by percutaneous needle aspiration Collection: Prostatic Massage Urethra Collection Container: Swab/culturette device; transport media for N. gonnorheae Time of transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT Collection: Insert swab into urethra 2-4 cm, rotate for 2 seconds; express discharge onto transport media Stool Collection Container: Clean container, swab/culturette device or transport media Time of Transport: ≤ 1 hours at RT; ≤ 24 hours in preservative at RT Collection: Collect directly into wide-mouthed container or insert swab 2.5 cm past sphincter and rotate into anal crypts Wound Soft Tissue Wound Collection Container: Sterile container, swab/culturette device Patient Preparation: Disinfect skin of closed wound; debride and rinse open wound with sterile saline Time of Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT Collection: Aspirate fluid from closed wound, remove tissue from leading edge of infection, or swab wound concentrating on areas of intlammation or pus Urine Types of urine specimen Collection: 1. Clean-voided midstream 2. Catheter 3. Suprapubic Aspirate Urine from Clean-voided midstream Collection Container: Sterile Container Patient Preparation: Have patient cleanse urethral area with soap, rinse with sterile saline Time for Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT; ≤ 24 hours refrigerated; for delayed transport use preservative Collection: directly into container; do not stop flow of urine; move container into path of voiding urine Urine From Catheter Collection Container: Sterile Container Patient Preparation: Cleanse skin before insertion if using straight catheter; disinfect port before sampling Time of Transport: ≤ 2 hours at RT; ≤ 24 hours refrigerated; for delayed transport use preservative Collection: Use straight catheter to aspirate from catheter port using syringe; never collect from bag