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I went for a blood checkup there he took blood through fingerprick using lancet and the thing is i didn't noticed whether they used new lancet or not but i saw him discarding after using me, but still i'm panicked is there any chance to get infection?

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Sterile technique ?: Your biggest risk of infection comes from germs at the site of the blood draw. If the technician prepared the site with a sanitizing wipe & tossed the lancet you can assume the protocol was proper. Lancets are cheep & there is no pressure to re-use them. I would not lose sleep over the issue.

Dr Rhoads and another doctor agreed

Answered 2/14/2021

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