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A Nurse Is to Draw a Blood Sample for Laboratory

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A nurse is to draw a blood sample for laboratory analysis from a multilumen central venous catheter. When performing this procedure, which step should the nurse take first?


A) Clean the port of the lumen with alcohol and allow it to dry.
B) Flush blood out of the pigtail or cap following the procedure.
C) Turn off infusates containing glucose or electrolyte for a full 1 minute prior to the blood draw.
D) Flush the lumen with sodium chloride after the sample is obtained.

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