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| On Jun 9 2006 6:33AM finndavies wrote: |
Anyone have any thoughts on the use of unsterile cotton wool used post venepuncture? Anyone use Sterile cotton wool/gauze post venepuncture?
What do your phlebs use to hold their blood bottles at each patients bedside? A paper mache tray is being used for a whole ward and is left down on beds etc not to mention the micro splashes of blood that could occur on this tray.
Elaine Finn Davies
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| On Sep 1 2006 8:55PM ajtj wrote: |
Hi
We use unsterile cotton wool.
Our phlebs use "sharpsafe" trays which the Frontier Sharps box fits into
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