skilled-nursing facilities and elsewhere. But the conventional method is imperfect. According to Velano, the current method of drawing blood leads to 200 “needle-related injuries” daily among ...

If you need IV fluids, a nurse or doctor may use a butterfly ... A 2016 study found that using butterfly needles to draw blood reduced rates of blood breaking down by half compared to using ...

"When we see the first (blood) draw happen at Rainbow at some ... the product helps to reduce pain and discomfort, and for nurses it helps to reduce needle injuries. But he noted its benefits ...

2000-06-23 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- Taking her crusade for safe needles to Washington yesterday, San Francisco nurse Lorraine Thiebaud urged Congress to pass legislation to reduce the estimated ...

The vast majority (88 percent) of nurses believe needle sticks associated with drawing blood from patients have a moderate to major negative effect on patient experience, according to a survey ...