Butterfly needles reduce the incidence of nerve injury during phlebotomy

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-

  Ohnishi, Hiroaki ^a   Watanabe, Mitsuko ^a   Watanabe, Takashi ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; NEEDLE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHLEBOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEEDLES; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHLEBOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859935939     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2011-0431-LE     Document Type: Letter

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