BD Microtainer Quikheel Quick start guide

Brand: BD

Model: Microtainer Quikheel

Type: Quick start guide

• With a gloved hand,

place the BD Microtainer

Quikheel

™

Lancet against

the site with the logo

facing you.

• Place the blade slot area

securely against the heel.

• Place the incision at a 90º

angle to the length of the

foot.

• Select a site identified in one

of the colored areas shown

in the illustration to the left.

• Cleanse site thoroughly

with alcohol (70/30 by

volume, 70%).

• Allow skin to air dry.

BD Microtainer

Quikheel

™

Lancet

NCCLS LA4-A3 and H4-A4 Recommended Guidelines for

performing a heel stick:

1. Warming the heel increases arterial blood flow to the site up

to seven-fold without burning the skin.

2. Temperature of warming device should be no higher than

42ºC (107.6°F).

3. Warm for 3 minutes.

• Firmly and completely depress the trigger with

your index finger.

• After triggering the lancet, remove the lancet and

discard it into a biohazard sharps container.

BD Microtainer

Quikheel

™

Lancet

• Gently wipe away the first drop

of blood with sterile gauze.

• Apply gentle pressure, easing

intermittently as drops of

blood form.

• Be sure to apply pressure to

the ends of the incision so

that the incision is opened.

• Collect the specimen.

• After blood has been

collected from the heel of

the newborn, the foot should

be elevated above the body.

• A sterile gauze pad or cotton

swab should be pressed

against the puncture site

until the bleeding stops.

• It is not advisable to apply

adhesive bandages over skin

puncture sites on newborns.

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BD Microtainer Quikheel Quick start guide

BD Microtainer Quikheel Quick start guide

BD Microtainer Quikheel Quick start guide

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