Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A blood sample
shall be taken by a medical practitioner or registered nurse by venepuncture,
with the syringe provided in the sampling equipment and no other.
(2) The medical
practitioner or registered nurse shall —
(a)
examine the package containing the sampling equipment produced to him, and in
the presence of the person producing it, ensure that —
(i)
the package is sealed and intact; and
(ii)
the indicated expiry date for the use of the equipment
has not passed;
(b) not
use any sampling equipment contained in a package that is not sealed and
intact or in respect of which the indicated expiry date has passed;
(c)
cleanse the proposed site of the venepuncture by means of a non-alcoholic swab
of cotton wool or a hospital approved non-alcoholic medical wipe contained in
the sampling equipment and by no other means;
(d)
withdraw a sample of blood;
(e)
discharge approximately one-half of the blood withdrawn into one of the 2
containers supplied in the sampling equipment and the balance of the blood
into the second of those containers;
(f)
ensure that the cover of each container is securely tightened; and
(g)
shake each container thoroughly and in so doing invert it at least 20 times,
to mix the contents.
[Regulation 7 amended in Gazette
14 Nov 1975 p. 4185; 30 Jan 2001 p. 624 and 625.]