Here is a list of the equipment required to perform an ELCBG:
- Vasodilator cream/ warm water
- Plenty of gauze (applying vasodilator cream, removing vasodilator cream, wiping away the initial drop of blood, holding on the ear to stop the bleeding)
- Lancet/ scalpel
- Capillary tube
- Blood gas analyser
- Connection between capillary tube and analyser
- Magnet and small metal pin to put into the blood sample to mix the blood and prevent clotting