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  2. Needle remover - Wikipedia

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    A wall-mounted sharps container. A needle remover is a device used to physically remove a needle from a syringe.In developing countries, there is still a need for improvements in needle safety in hospital settings as most of the needle removal processes are done manually and under severe risk of hazard from needles puncturing skin risking infection.

  3. BDSM - Wikipedia

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    BDSM is an umbrella term for certain kinds of erotic behaviour between consenting adults, encompassing various subcultures. Terms for roles vary widely among the subcultures. Top and dominant are widely used for those partner(s) in the relationship or activity who are, respectively, the physically active or controlling participants.

  4. BD (company) - Wikipedia

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    The company was founded in 1897 in New York City by Maxwell Becton and Fairleigh S. Dickinson.It later moved its headquarters to New Jersey. In 2004, BD agreed to pay out US$100 million to settle allegations from competitor Retractable Technologies that it had engaged in anti-competitive behavior to prevent the distribution of Retractable's syringes, which are designed to prevent needlestick ...

  5. Needlestick injury - Wikipedia

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    Their main risk comes from the use and disposal of injection syringes. The same prevention approaches can be implemented here. There are many so-called safety engineered devices such as retractable needles, needle shields/sheaths, needle-less IV kits, and blunt or valved ends on IV connectors. [19] The use of extra gloves is less common among ...

  6. Rude Removal - Wikipedia

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    Inadvertently, the Rude Removal System is activated, splitting the pair into well-behaved and rude halves, with the well-behaved duplicates speaking with English accents, and the rude duplicates speaking with New York City accents while using profanity. The rude pair intentionally embarasses and makes insulting jokes about their mother while ...

  7. Denailing - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Istanbul Protocol describes nail removal and the insertion of objects such as wire under the nail as forms of torture. [2]In the aftermath of Italy's republican referendum after World War II, efforts to prosecute former officials in the Fascist government for collaborationism and war crimes resulted in the legal differentiation between the concepts of normal brutality, cruel ...

  8. Venipuncture - Wikipedia

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    The needle protrudes through the end of the tube holder, and has a needle on each end. After first cleaning the venipuncture site and applying a tourniquet, the phlebotomist uncaps the needle attached to the tube holder, inserts the needle into the vein, then slides evacuated tubes into the tube holder, where the tube's stopper is pierced by ...

  9. Peripheral venous catheter - Wikipedia

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    The insertion of a plastic cannula and withdrawal of the needle was introduced as a technique in 1945. [11] The first disposable version to be marketed was the Angiocath , first sold in 1964. In the 1970s and 1980s, the use of plastic cannulas became routine, and their insertion was more frequently delegated to nursing staff.