Health professionals' practices related with tourniquet use during peripheral venipuncture: a scoping review.
Anabela de Sousa Salgueiro-OliveiraPaulo Jorge Dos Santos CostaLuciene Muniz Braga DaskaleasJoão Manuel Garcia Nascimento GravetoVânia Silva OliveiraPedro Miguel Dos Santos Dinis ParreiraPublished in: Revista latino-americana de enfermagem (2019)
nursing practices related to tourniquet use during peripheral venipuncture are not standard. Reuse of tourniquets may jeopardize the patient's safety if reprocessing (cleaning and disinfection/sterilization) is not adequate, given the type of tourniquet material and microbiota found. New studies are needed to assess the impact of various types of reprocessing practices on tourniquet decontamination and patient safety.