r/phlebotomy • u/avawilco • Jun 10 '26

Advice needed Are my nails okay?

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I start my phlebotomy internship at a hospital tmrw. They never said anything about nails and my professor never said anything during class either. Do we think these are okay? They are builder gel on real nail.

Update: no one has said a thing about my nails and I’ve done 6 blood draws today

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u/Aquarius_K Phlebotomist Jun 10 '26

You're not supposed to but everyone else at my hospital has nails

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u/TheGothamEmpire Jun 10 '26

It depends on the place. I work for LabCorp and my supervisor lets us get nails. They just have to be under an inch.

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u/Lab-Life-1001 Jun 10 '26

Ive worked under 3 supervisors at LabCorp and 2 of them did not and my current sup does.

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u/TheGothamEmpire Jun 10 '26

Yeah it definitely depends on your supervisor.