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Attachment #3, 9.01 Observing Blood Work Techniques WIC Condition: P ID: N ID: B ID: I >9 mos. ID: C ID: 1. Hands are washed or disinfected. 2. Employee is wearing gloves. 3. Worker assembles the following supplies: Cuvette, alcohol wipe, dry gauze or absorbent material, disposable retractable lancet 4. Employee explains the procedure to the participant and/or parent/guardian. 5. Employee ensures puncture site is warm. 6. Employee cleanses site with alcohol. 7. Employee allows alcohol to dry or wipes dry. 8. Employee sticks finger on the side of the extremity. 9. The lancet is discarded immediately into the sharp’s container. 10. Minimal squeezing to produce blood drops; the first three drops of blood wiped away with dry absorbent material. 6