Comparison of a Novel Thin-Walled 25-gauge Needle Push Button Blood Collection Set to a Standard 23-gauge Needle in a Cancer Patient Population.

Daniel KirchhoffRaymond E BaserDavid KwongLakshmi RamanathanSamuel I McCash

Published in: The journal of applied laboratory medicine (2023)

Sample integrity was identical between both needles. The 25-gauge needle resulted in less 3+ pain, while pain scoring 1 and 2 was more frequent in the 25-gauge cohort.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
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