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I'm currently per-diem at 2 places, which have different protocols regarding blood cultures: At one place, we use "clean technique", (clean gloves, wipe the port w/ alcohol, draw blood into syringe (or into bottle via vacutainer). The other place requires that we use "sterile technique" (sterlie gloves, three wipes of betadine on the port, and the rest is the same). I am referring only to CENTRAL LINE CULTURES, not regular bloods, dressing changes or peripheral cultures.
I am quite interested as to what people are doing, as I am about to start a new job, and I know this will come up.