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  2. Needlestick injury - Wikipedia

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    Blunt-tip or tapered-tip suture needles can be used to sew muscle and fascia. Though they are more expensive than sharp-tipped needles, this cost is balanced by the reduction in injuries, which are expensive to treat. [7] [20] [21] Sharp-tipped needles cause 51–77% of surgical needlestick injuries. [22]

  3. Hypodermic needle - Wikipedia

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    Hypodermic needles are normally made from a stainless-steel or Niobium tube [17] through a process known as tube drawing where the tube is drawn through progressively smaller dies to make the needle. The end of the needle is bevelled to create a sharp pointed tip, letting the needle easily penetrate the skin. [18] A hypodermic needle tip under ...

  4. Dry needling - Wikipedia

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    She preferred hypodermic needles because of their strength and tactile feedback: "A 22-gauge, 3.8-cm (1.5-in) needle is usually suitable for most superficial muscles. In hyperalgesic patients, a 25-gauge, 3.8-cm (1.5-in) needle may cause less discomfort, but will not provide the clear feeling of the structures being penetrated by the needle and ...

  5. Tuohy needle - Wikipedia

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    Types of epidural needles include: [3] The Crawford Needle; The Tuohy Needle; The Hustead Needle; The Weiss Needle; The Sprotte Spezial Needle; Other Epidural Needles : Other less popular types are the Wagner needle (1957), the Cheng needle(1958), the Crawley needle (1968), the Foldes needle (1973), and the Bell needle (1975)—all variants of the Huber design with a blunted tip of varying ...

  6. Microneedles - Wikipedia

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    The invention of MNs have retained the benefits of both hypodermic needles and transdermal patches while minimizing their cons. [12] [26] Compared to hypodermic needles, MNs provide a pain-free administration. [11] [12] MNs are able to penetrate through the epidermis, but not any deeper to compress on nerve-ends to produce pain responses.

  7. Birmingham gauge - Wikipedia

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    The Birmingham gauge system is also recognized in international medical standards, such as ISO 6009:2016, which includes a color-coding system for hypodermic needles. This standardization helps ensure accurate identification and compatibility of medical equipment.

  8. Intradermal injection - Wikipedia

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    A 1 ⁄ 4-to-1 ⁄ 2-inch-long (6 to 13 mm) and 26 or 27 gauge thick hypodermic needle is used. [1] ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics; Cookie statement ...

  9. Instruments used in general medicine - Wikipedia

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    Hypodermic needle / Syringe: for injections and aspiration of blood or fluid from the body Infection control equipment: as in gloves, gowns, bonnets, shoe covers, face shields, goggles, and surgical masks for preventing nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection: Instrument sterilizer: to sterilize instruments in absence of an autoclave ...