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  2. Blood lancet - Wikipedia

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    Blade extracted from disposable self retracting blood lancet with ruler for scale. A blood lancet, or simply lancet, is a small medical implement used for capillary blood sampling. A blood lancet, sometimes called a lance, is similar to a scalpel style lancet, but with a double-edged blade and a pointed end. It can even be a specialized type of ...

  3. Fingerstick - Wikipedia

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    The site, free of surface arterial flow, where the blood is to be collected is sterilized with a topical germicide, and the skin pierced with a sterile lancet. [1] After a droplet has formed, capillary blood is captured in a capillary tube (usually relying on surface tension ).

  4. Lancet - Wikipedia

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    Lancet (surgery), a cutting instrument with a double-edged blade and a pointed end for making small incisions or drainage punctures. Blood lancet , a pricking needle used to obtain drops of blood for testing

  5. Scalpel - Wikipedia

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    A scalpel, lancet, or bistoury is a small and extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery, anatomical dissection, podiatry and various handicrafts. A lancet is a double-edged scalpel. A lancet is a double-edged scalpel.

  6. Laboratory specimen - Wikipedia

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    Laboratory and healthcare personnel should follow industry standard practices regarding sterile technique and any precaution regarding hypodermic needles. All biological material should be treated as potentially hazardous and in doing so protocols regarding the disposal of the specimen should be strictly followed to maintain the safety of both ...

  7. Instruments used in microbiology - Wikipedia

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    Sterile loops: used to inoculate test samples into culture media for bacterial or fungal cultures, antibiograms, etc.; not heated before use—these are disposable pre-sterilised Thermal cycler: used to amplify segments of DNA via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) process. Tissue culture bottles

  8. Trocar - Wikipedia

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    Disposable trocars Laparoscopic instruments for insertion through trocars. A trocar (or trochar) is a medical or veterinary device used in minimally invasive surgery.Trocars are typically made up of an awl (which may be metal or plastic with a pointed or tapered tip), a cannula (essentially a rigid hollow tube) and often a seal.

  9. Fleam - Wikipedia

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    This piece has a thumb lancet in one shield of the bolster and a thumb forceps in the other. Controversy exists among collectors of antique surgical instruments that these types of fleams were made with the lancet so that rural families could bleed the animals and family members alike.