title: New approach to preventing long acupuncture needles from buckling and contamination during insertion.
authors.affiliation: Traditional and Complementary Medicine Program, Health Innovations Research Institute, WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine; School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Claire Shuiqing
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Traditional and Complementary Medicine Program, Health Innovations Research Institute, WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine; School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Anthony Lin
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Traditional and Complementary Medicine Program, Health Innovations Research Institute, WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine; School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Charlie Changli
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials, School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Yi Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles
keywords: ACUPUNCTURE