You are busy preparing to insert an IV into an 81-year-old female patient who is very dehydrated. You are wearing non-sterile, non-latex gloves. After looking for a vein for about fiveminutes, you are finally able to palpate a vein in the left arm. You clean the area with an alcohol swab and prepare to insert the over-the-needle catheter. The patient flinches and moves her arm and you lose the vein. Fortunately, you are able to quickly palpate the vein again. At this point you should _________________________.
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