Betadine Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Betadine and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Case A phlebotomist from the laboratory at Midtown Memorial Hospital was working evening shift. Her shift ended at 11 PM and it was 10:30 PM. She suddenly got orders for a STAT blood culture on the second floor. The order specified blood culture times two, 30 minutes apart. The phlebotomist went to the patient’s room and decided to collect both blood cultures at the same time form the same site so she would be able to leave on time without having to come back in thirty minutes to collect the second set. She also wanted to “save” the patient from an extra stick. While the phlebotomist was preparing for the collection, she realized she didn’t have any Betadine on her tray, and decided she would just clean the site twice with alcohol. She finished the blood culture collections and was able to leave by 11 PM. | View Page |
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| Sterilization materials for phlebotomy Sterilization materials generally contain either:
Isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol), usually in the form of prep pads, or
Iodine as povidone-iodine solution ( Betadine™, Purdue Frederick) in the form of solutions , swabs, or swab sticks.
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