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Wash and dry your hands thoroughly.
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Washing your hands with warm water stimulates blood flow to the
fingertip, which may make it easier to take a blood sample.
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The alternative is to disinfect the puncture site with an alcohol
swab and dry the site thoroughly.
Dry your hands thoroughly
to avoid inaccurate results.
Note well
Tissue, Alcohol swab