What is the role of the tongue blade when completing a hematest?
O placing the sample in the biohazard bag
O scooping the bloody portion out of the stool
O removing a specified amount of stool
O spreading the sample on the filter paper
The nurse is supposed to follow medical aseptic technique by wearing clean gloves to prevent hand contamination, and taking care not to contaminate the outside of the specimen container. They are supposed to use one or two clean tongue blades to transfer the specimen to the container and then wrap them in a type of paper towel before disposing of them in the waste container.
