Site Map	Take Blood Cultures

• Introduce yourself and check the patient's identity
• Discuss procedure with the patient
• Label set of 2 blood culture bottles
• Wash hands and put on gloves
• Cleanse venepuncture site with swab
• Attach green needle to 20ml syringe and venesect 20ml blood
• Discard used green needle safely & replace with a sterile green needle
• Remove caps from blood culture bottles and inject 5-10ml of blood into each
• Discard used needle and syringe safely
• Send bottles and completed request forrm to microbiology

	Any comments or feedback please contact me by email: Tom Williams