The strip is a tourniquet commonly used in medical testing. The traditional tourniquet, mostly long strips made of rubber, is generally used repeatedly. But with the national Ministry of Health's implementation of ? One person, one needle, one tube, one towel, one bandage? s national policy requirements, many hospitals have adopted a disposable tourniquet like (RenKang Shu stop), different from the traditional tourniquet, it is a unique broken belt design, easy to use, using the high-end TPE material, in the clinical use to effectively avoid cross-infection, with a pressurized bandage to achieve the elimination of luminal space, temporary hemostasis, protection of the surgical incision, prevention of hernia and other ancillary therapeutic effects.
The tourniquet is needed for venous blood collection. The use of tourniquet is for some patients whose venous vessels are not obvious, through the tourniquet, can highlight the venous vessels, help nurses better venous blood collection. And for some people whose veins are easy to see, a skilled nurse can easily complete the blood collection without a tourniquet.
If you, as a patient, want the nurse to use a tourniquet when lancing?
For some patients, not using a tourniquet reduces the patient's pain and relieves tension. However, if a tourniquet is not used, it can also make it easier to need another puncture, which can worsen the patient's pain.
Tying a tourniquet?
When using a tourniquet to take blood from a patient, it is easy to cause varying degrees of discomfort to a certain extent, increasing the risk of patients becoming dizzy with needles and blood. And loosening the tourniquet after returning blood is also prone to some accidents that affect the patient.
Of course, if the correct operation, the use of tourniquet is not easy on the test results, and will not cause any damage to the patient's body.
No tourniquet?
No tourniquet, often effective in reducing the tension and discomfort of the patient, so that the patient is satisfied. However, it requires a higher level of skill on the part of the nurse and is often prone to the consequences of re-puncture.
So, nurses should use a tourniquet when collecting blood specimens as appropriate, and unless a tourniquet must be used to ensure the success of venipuncture, tourniquets should be used as much as possible without tourniquets in venous blood collection.
And for those whose blood vessel exposure is not obvious and whose puncture is difficult, nurses need to use a tourniquet correctly and with appropriate maneuvers to improve the success rate of puncture.