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should the phlebotomist wear gloves when taking your blood, as this is the second time the same person wasn't wearing them, i asked and he said it wasn't always necessary, or that they can't feel the vein if wearing gloves?
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The member of staff has no idea - body hygiene amiss. You get them around food too and it is awful to see. You dont want to say something so he uses the biggest needle on you! so as mentioned I think I'd be giving some feedback to someone on the way out. I definately would. I have a few contacts who are OCD and they wouldn't have been able to go through with the blood test...
18:48 Mon 20th Jan 2014
It tends to be Trust/Organisation dependent.
Best Practice Guidelines, issued by WHO and the various professional associations who set the guidelines for phlebotomy suggest good hand hygiene and the wearing of gloves - but principally because the wearing of gloves is more for the benefit of the phlebotomist than the person having blood drawn - they act as a physical barrier against potential needlestick injury.
So long as good hand hygiene is being carried out, there is no real need for gloves from the perspective of the person having blood drawn. Some Trusts are happy enough to have their staff draw blood without gloves, others insist on gloves being worn.
Best Practice Guidelines, issued by WHO and the various professional associations who set the guidelines for phlebotomy suggest good hand hygiene and the wearing of gloves - but principally because the wearing of gloves is more for the benefit of the phlebotomist than the person having blood drawn - they act as a physical barrier against potential needlestick injury.
So long as good hand hygiene is being carried out, there is no real need for gloves from the perspective of the person having blood drawn. Some Trusts are happy enough to have their staff draw blood without gloves, others insist on gloves being worn.
Recommended, but down to local guidelines in the end
http:// www.who .int/in jection _safety /6card_ gloves_ web.pdf
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