Question

What is the role of the tongue blade when completing a hematest?

Answer 1

Answer:

A

Explanation:

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.