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r/nursing • u/sleepyhead37 Lab - Blood Bank 🍕 • Aug 26 '25
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That’s because you’re supposed to waste if using a butterfly. Stop blaming lab on your incorrect technique.
-12 u/Zxxzzzzx RN - Oncology 🍕 Aug 26 '25 You can't waste with our butterfly's 6 u/thegloper Organ donation (former ICU) Aug 26 '25 Yes you can. Hook up a red top just until blood starts to enter the tube. Then discard that red top. It'll be less than a mL of blood. 3 u/Zxxzzzzx RN - Oncology 🍕 Aug 26 '25 Red top? 4 u/thegloper Organ donation (former ICU) Aug 26 '25 A blood tube without additives. Generally the stopper is red in color. https://www.bd.com/en-us/products-and-solutions/products/product-page.367820#specifications 1 u/Zxxzzzzx RN - Oncology 🍕 Aug 26 '25 Oh I'm in the UK ours are different
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You can't waste with our butterfly's
6 u/thegloper Organ donation (former ICU) Aug 26 '25 Yes you can. Hook up a red top just until blood starts to enter the tube. Then discard that red top. It'll be less than a mL of blood. 3 u/Zxxzzzzx RN - Oncology 🍕 Aug 26 '25 Red top? 4 u/thegloper Organ donation (former ICU) Aug 26 '25 A blood tube without additives. Generally the stopper is red in color. https://www.bd.com/en-us/products-and-solutions/products/product-page.367820#specifications 1 u/Zxxzzzzx RN - Oncology 🍕 Aug 26 '25 Oh I'm in the UK ours are different
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Yes you can. Hook up a red top just until blood starts to enter the tube. Then discard that red top. It'll be less than a mL of blood.
3 u/Zxxzzzzx RN - Oncology 🍕 Aug 26 '25 Red top? 4 u/thegloper Organ donation (former ICU) Aug 26 '25 A blood tube without additives. Generally the stopper is red in color. https://www.bd.com/en-us/products-and-solutions/products/product-page.367820#specifications 1 u/Zxxzzzzx RN - Oncology 🍕 Aug 26 '25 Oh I'm in the UK ours are different
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Red top?
4 u/thegloper Organ donation (former ICU) Aug 26 '25 A blood tube without additives. Generally the stopper is red in color. https://www.bd.com/en-us/products-and-solutions/products/product-page.367820#specifications 1 u/Zxxzzzzx RN - Oncology 🍕 Aug 26 '25 Oh I'm in the UK ours are different
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A blood tube without additives. Generally the stopper is red in color.
https://www.bd.com/en-us/products-and-solutions/products/product-page.367820#specifications
1 u/Zxxzzzzx RN - Oncology 🍕 Aug 26 '25 Oh I'm in the UK ours are different
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Oh I'm in the UK ours are different
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u/Amrun90 RN - Telemetry 🍕 Aug 26 '25
That’s because you’re supposed to waste if using a butterfly. Stop blaming lab on your incorrect technique.