Venipuncture

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Introduction

• Puncture of a vein with a hypodermic needle, generally for the purpose of:
• obtaining blood for diagnostic purposes
• intravenous access for administration of pharmaceuticals

• Pain & stress of venipuncture reduced by breast feeding in newborns. [2]

More General Terms

• clinical procedure

References

1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
2. Journal Watch 23(4):35, 2003 Carbajal R et al, BMJ 326:13, 2003 [1]

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