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2.9 Procedure to Properly Remove a Rubber Stopper from an
Evacuated Tube
1. All blood samples and blood products are potentially biohazardous and should be
treated as such. Gloves, goggles and a completely buttoned long-sleeve lab coat
should be worn when handling these materials.
2. When removing rubber stoppers from evacuated tubes, cover the stopper with a piece
of gauze, or remove with an evacuated tube stopper remover.
3. Always point the tops of any sample tubes away from anyone when removing the caps.
Pipette tips are pointed away from people while the tips are being ejected.
4. For cleanup of spilled blood and blood products, observe the safety policies in the lab
and the Universal Precautions recommended by the Occupational Safety & Health
Administration (OSHA).
2.10 Reference(s) and Bibliography
1. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards.
Physician’s Office Laboratory
Procedure Manual; Tentative Guideline
. Villanova, Pa.: NCCLS; 1989. NCCLS
publication POL2-T, Vol. 12, No. 5.
2. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards.
Procedure for the Collection of
Diagnostic Blood Specimens by Skin Puncture
. 2nd ed. Approved Standards, NCCLS.
3. Tietz NW, ed.
Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry.
Philadelphia, Pa.: WB Saunders Co;
1987.
4. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards.
Protection of Laboratory Workers
from Infectious Disease Transmitted by Blood, Body Fluids, and Tissue; Tentative
Guideline
. Villanova, Pa.: NCCLS; 1991. NCCLS document M29-T2 (ISBN 1-56238-
123-7).
5. Davidsohn I, Henry JB, eds.
Todd-Sanford Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods
.
Philadelphia, Pa.: WB Saunders Co; 1969.
6. Burtis CA, Ashwood ER, eds.
Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry
. 3rd ed. Philadelphia,
Pa.: WB Saunders Co; 1999.
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