Blood sampling apparatus

摘要

An in-line blood sampling site is provided having a housing (558) with an access port (564) provided with a septum for receiving a blunt cannula (577). The housing has a blood inlet and a blood outlet communicating with the port and axially offset longitudinally of the access port to form a "Z" like configuration. This arrangement facilitates debubbling during filling of the line and ease of blood clearance after sampling.