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Why is pyodine applied before blood test ? can you reuse the same pyodine bottle on different patients ?
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Iodine is used to disinfect the skin at the puncture site and same bottle can be used as needed on sterile gauze, majority of phlebotomists use single use presoaked gauze.
Answered 8/8/2021
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