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How should you sanitize the collection site when drawing blood?

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When drawing blood, it is important to follow proper infection control procedures to sanitize the collection site.

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When drawing blood and sanitizing the collection site, it is important to follow proper infection control procedures. Personnel should wear protective coats, face protection, and cut-resistant gloves. After any contact with skin, washing with detergent and warm water without scrubbing is necessary. The skin should then be washed with a strong basic solution like 1 N NaOH or a 1:10 dilution of bleach for 1 minute. Contaminated waste should be incinerated or autoclaved in a strong basic solution, and instruments should be cleaned and soaked in a strong basic solution.

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