Free CCHT Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician Exam Flashcards

The patient washes the access arm with soap and water at a sink first, because facilities are expected to give patients a sink for washing access sites before treatment and antiseptic works best on skin that is physically clean. The technician then does hand hygiene and puts on new clean gloves, since gloves that touched supplies, chairs or keyboards are no longer clean for a step that enters the bloodstream.