Question to all nurses?

Question: I went to a lab yesterday where I had blood drawn for a blood test. The nurse took a needle from the drawer, uncapped it then attached it to a tube and drew my blood. Then she recapped the needle, and threw it in the disposer and labelled the blood tube.

My question is, does it happen that sometimes the nurse may forget and by mistake recap the needle and put it in the drawer with the new needles and then reuse it again by mistake? Or will it show that the needle has been used before when she attempts to use it again (due to blood stains and other things)?

Answers:
The act of putting it into a biohazard container is such an ingrained habit that I'm sure she didn't even have to think about doing it. I am a RN and I have NEVER put a recapped needle any place except the proper container. Now, most needles even have a safety catch (so eliminate the process of recapping because there is the risk of poking yourself with the dirty needle) so then it is not possible to reuse the needle anyway. But anyway, I don't think you have anything to worry about.

Other Answers:
That just doesn't happen,, from the beginning the training develops a routine. Prep draw trash in contaminated container,, its a habit.

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needles are individually wrapped so the risk of reusing a used needle is very low. You ould almost have to do something like that on purpose. We are also much smarter than your grandparents nursing staff. The ones from the drawer should be sterile, and most should be unwrapped. If the wrapping is already opened, then she cannot use that needle. There is no way for the same needle to be used on two different people. You're okay!

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Not a nurse but a med student that has drawn blood anyway:

We have a sharps disposal plastic device that looks like a bottle. Always sharps are thrown in there.

I personally when I see a loose unwrapped needle nobody knows where it came from, I discard it.

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The needles have a seal on them so even if she did, the next nurse would spot it.

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