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Blood Sampling

Q&A: Tourniquet time for PIV blood draw

Q:  I saw the practice recommendation to limit tourniquet time to less than 1 minute when drawing blood to reduce hemolysis and inaccurate chemistry lab values. Once we stick and get a blood return, we wait till we’ve collected all our blood samples before we release the tourniquet and apply the dressing to the IV…

June 17, 2016 in Blood Sampling, Infusion Nursing, Nursing, Tourniquet.

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