Patient needed blood cultures collected.I used two stop cocks to draw blood.When i went to flush after pulling the blood, and i couldn't.I disconnected and flushed directly on the line rather than through the stop cocks.The line flushed fine, but i noticed there was blood stuck in the new cap i had put on the patient's port line.I had to change the cap again because of this.The stop cocks i used are new alternative because of normal ones are out of stock.I believe it was the stop cocks that are possibly causing the blood in the cap.There was no detectable harm.The device involved was discarded.
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