Venipuncture site protector and method of using same

A method of anchoring an I.V. connected catheter and its associated I.V. tubing, comprising the steps of:

• providing a venipuncture site protector having a securement with a tube receiving slot at one of its ends;
• a hollow dome mounted to said securement, said dome having a rear wall, a front wall with a front wall tube receiving slot terminating in a tube-anchoring stop and an internal wall with another tube receiving slot terminating in another tube anchoring stop;
• said tube receiving slot, said front wall tube receiving slot and said another tube receiving slot being in substantial parallel alignment with one another;
• and said internal wall dividing the space within said hollow dome into a tube receiving compartment and an I.V. connected catheter compartment;
• aligning a proximal end of the I.V. connected catheter within said I.V. connected catheter compartment so said proximal end is in alignment with said another tube receiving slot;
• aligning the I.V. tubing disposed adjacent to the I.V. connected catheter to be received with said tube receiving slot, said front wall tube receiving slot and said another tube receiving slot;
• partially securing said securement to a venipuncture site associated with the I.V. connected catheter allowing the I.V. tubing to be received within said tube receiving slot, said front wall tube receiving slot and said another tube receiving slot;
• pressing down on said dome to hold it in place over the venipuncture site and then pulling up on said I.V. tubing at about its distal end until different portions of the I.V. tubing are respectively captured and secured within said tube anchoring stop and said another tube anchoring stop with the I.V. connected catheter wedged in friction tight engagement with said internal wall;
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• securing the lateral side portions of said securement to said venipuncture site.