1 Wipe away the first drop of blood with a piece of clean, dry cotton gauze. 2  Since newborns do not often bleed immediately, use gentle pressure to produce a rounded drop of blood. 3  Do not use excessive pressure because the blood may become diluted with tissue fluid. 4  Fill the required microtainer(s) as needed.
You'll likely see labels like THHN or THWN written on the wire. For example, THHN wire stands for thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon coated wire. THWN stands for thermoplastic heat- and moisture-resistant nylon coated wire. As you can see, these wires are built to take on many different conditions.
It's actually difficult to find THW wire without the additional approvals of THHN and THWN because they were all combined into one. You can probably imagine how difficult it was to design, manufacture, stock, and price each of the separate types of electrical wire.