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Blood Sampling - Heelstick and Fingerstick

This document discusses blood sampling from the heel or finger of infants. It notes that blood sampling is indicated for laboratory studies and is generally unaffected by hemolysis. Potential complications include infection, bleeding, and osteomyelitis. The procedure involves warming the area, cleaning with alcohol, puncturing the heel or finger with a lancet, wiping away the first drop of blood before collecting the sample, and alternately squeezing and releasing pressure on the leg or hand to facilitate blood flow.

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Blood Sampling - Heelstick and Fingerstick

This document discusses blood sampling from the heel or finger of infants. It notes that blood sampling is indicated for laboratory studies and is generally unaffected by hemolysis. Potential complications include infection, bleeding, and osteomyelitis. The procedure involves warming the area, cleaning with alcohol, puncturing the heel or finger with a lancet, wiping away the first drop of blood before collecting the sample, and alternately squeezing and releasing pressure on the leg or hand to facilitate blood flow.

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BLOOD SAMPLING

Heelstick and Fingerstick


1. INDICATIONS:
Blood sampling
laboratory
studies
hemolysis.

in infants
unaffected

2. COMPLICATIONS:
Infection, bleeding, osteomyelitis

for
by

BLOOD SAMPLING
Heelstick and Fingerstick
3. PROCEDURE:
a. Warm heel or finger
b. Clean with alcohol
(1) Puncture heel using a lancet
on the lateral part of the heel,
avoiding the posterior area

BLOOD SAMPLING
Heelstick and Fingerstick
3. PROCEDURE:
b. Clean with alcohol
(2) Puncture finger using a lancet
on the palmar lateral surface of
the finger near the tip
c. Wipe away the first drop of blood,
and then collect the sample using
a capillary tube or container

BLOOD SAMPLING
Heelstick and Fingerstick
3. PROCEDURE:
d. Alternate between squeezing
blood from the leg toward the
heel (or from the hand toward the
finger) and then releasing the
pressure for several seconds

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