Yeah, you're right Cheryl. IV cannulas can be smaller for different types of infusions. It's taking blood that requires a certain size needle.
My hospital had a policy that we could have three attempts at blood taking or cannulation but I never had more than two attempts.
I figured after two attempts that the patient had lost confidence in me and would probably prefer someone else to try and why would I want to put myself through the trauma of having a third attempt when I was obviously having difficulties through either difficult veins or just me having a bad hair day.
Chirley
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Copper deficiency bone marrow failure (MDS RAEB 1), neuromyelopathy.
FISH reported normal cytogenetics but gene testing showed
Xq 8.21 mutation
Xq19.36 mutation
Xq21.40. mutation
1p36. Mutation
15q11.2 deletion
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