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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 most commonly refers to The Lancet, a medical journal. It may also refer to: Medicine. Lancet (surgery), a cutting instrument with a double-edged blade ...

  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. 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.

  7. Incision and drainage - Wikipedia

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    It is performed by treating the area with an antiseptic, such as iodine-based solution, and then making a small incision to puncture the skin using a sterile instrument such as a sharp needle or a pointed scalpel. This allows the pus to escape by draining out through the incision.

  8. Surgical instrument - Wikipedia

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    Various scalpels. A surgical instrument is a medical device for performing specific actions or carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying biological tissue, or to provide access for viewing it. [1]

  9. A human touching or handling eggs or baby birds will not cause the adult birds to abandon them. [55] The same is generally true for other animals having their young touched by humans as well, with the possible exception of rabbits (as rabbits will sometimes abandon their nest after an event they perceive as traumatizing).