You observe someone performing a venipuncture. What personal protective equipment should be used in the procedure? Was there any equipment that should have been used that was not used?

The personal protective equipment that should be available to use when collecting blood is gloves, mask, lab coat, sharps container, hand cleaner, and eye protection. Not all equipment will be used with each patient. A routine venipuncture, with no potential for splattering or an aerosol being created, would require only gloves, lab coat, hand cleaner, and sharps container.