title: Blood lancing systems for skin puncture.
abstract: Blood tests increasingly require only a few microlitres of blood. Lancing systems used for the collection of blood have the potential to transmit infection if used improperly. These systems vary in the amount of blood and pain produced.
authors.affiliation: MDA Evaluation Centre, Wolfson Applied Technology Laboratory, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Batki
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Thomason
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Holder
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Thorpe
mesh_terms: D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection