Using procedure-specific needles: What is blunt?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 604-

  Heavner, James E ^a   Racz, Gabor B ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NEEDLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEEDLES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 77954242668     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181e210a3     Document Type: Editorial

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