A simplified puncture technique to reduce contamination with bodily fluids.
A simplified method of percutaneous wire placement is described, designed to decrease the amount of aerosol or spurting bodily fluids associated with wire placement. The technique involves minor modification of standard puncture techniques without the use of additional equipment. The technique has been successfully used in 22 patients and there have been no complications associated specifically with this technique.
Department of Radiology, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.
M J
MJ
Lannan
D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods*