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phlebotomy-venipuncture
Blood Culture Collection
Always tested on the Phlebotomy
Collect blood cultures with strict antiseptic prep.
About this skill
Blood culture collection with 30-second chlorhexidine prep, aerobic-first bottle order, and bedside labeling. The most common pre-analytical error is skin contamination.
16 total steps
7 critical steps
Time limit: 10 min
What graders are watching for
- 1Chlorhexidine prep for 30 seconds
- 2Aerobic bottle first, then anaerobic
- 3Do not refrigerate blood cultures
Common mistakes (and how to avoid them)
- !Insufficient antiseptic prep time
- !Touching the cleaned site
- !Drawing cultures from a contaminated line
Practice this skill step-by-step
The static walkthrough above is the marketing overview. The full step-by-step interactive practice (with critical-step highlighting, per-step "why this matters" rationale, and what graders watch for on each individual step) is unlocked with a subscription.
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