Question about blood cultures
I keep getting different answers, and some just get it from the same line but keep it sterile (but I know that’s wrong?)
So the policy is to get each set from two different lines. When I place an IV on I can get it from that one, but for the second what should I do? Our butterfly needles at my hospital is attached to a blood transfer container already, but the blood culture tubes won’t fit in that. The container i attach to the y set of the IV I use for blood cultures is a lot wider.
So should I just put a second IV line on the patient or stick them and then take it out? I’m so confused and everyone I talked to has said that they do it the reality way rather than the policy.
Thank you in advance (sorry if i did not use the proper names, I’m still learning!)